Indicators of Motor Activity in People with Spinal Cord Injury after Passing the Programs of Active Rehabilitation Camps

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 292-301
Author(s):  
Oksana Fedorovych ◽  
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Alina Perederiy ◽  
Katarzyna Trok ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Motor Activity ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Active Rehabilitation

scholarly journals Selected factors affecting the efficiency of wheelchair mobility in individuals with spinal cord injury

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-15
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Przysada ◽  
Justyna Wyszyóska ◽  
Mariusz Drużbicki ◽  
Anna Pajda ◽  
Justyna Leszczak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Injury Rehabilitation ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
Wheel Chair ◽  
Active Rehabilitation ◽  
Complete Spinal Cord Injury

Abstract Introduction: Locomotion efficiency levels in individuals with spinal cord injury deal cord injury depend upon the level of spinal cord injury. Rehabilitation of people with spinal cord injury aims to prepare them to function in society in the best possible manner. One of the significant tasks of rehabilitation is to develop the skill of moving in a wheelchair, which becomes the only means of locomotion for most people. The aim of the study was to assess the influence of selected factors such as age, sex, time from the occurrence of the injury, the level of spinal cord injury, participation in Active Rehabilitation camps and the level of physical activity on the efficiency of locomotion in a wheelchair in individuals with spinal cord injury. Material and methods: The study included 55 patients after a complete spinal cord injury (39 males and 16 females using manual wheelchairs), aged 19 to 59. The level of spinal cord injury was assessed on the basis of a subjective classification of ASIA. The efficiency of wheelchair mobility was evaluated using the wheelchair manoeuvring technique test by Tasiemski (evaluation of performance of 14 tasks taking into account architectural barriers). Results: The majority of respondents (n = 28) obtained medium level of the efficiency, 16 participants scored low, while 11 individuals scored high. The highest score which women obtained was the medium level. It was men only (n = 11) who scored high. There was no statistically significant correlation between the efficiency of wheel-chair mobility and the level of spinal cord injury. It was observed that younger individuals and those practising sport daily achieved the best test results. Conclusions: Participants’ age affected their locomotion efficiency in a wheelchair. Females demonstrated lower levels of efficiency wheelchair mobility than their male counterparts. Regular physical activity affected the participants’ efficiency of wheeled mobility significantly.

scholarly journals Anorectal Stimulation Causes Increased Colonic Motor Activity in Subjects With Spinal Cord Injury

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Korsten ◽  
Ashwani K. Singal ◽  
Amit Monga ◽  
Geeta Chaparala ◽  
Amir M. Khan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Motor Activity ◽  
Colonic Motor ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Colonic Motor Activity

scholarly journals Long-lasting involuntary motor activity after spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
W B McKay ◽  
A V Ovechkin ◽  
T W Vitaz ◽  
D G L Terson de Paleville ◽  
S J Harkema
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Motor Activity ◽  
Cord Injury

scholarly journals IMPACT OF ACTIVE REHABILITATION ON WHEELCHAIR DISTANCE IN MEN WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY AT THE CERVICAL OR THORACIC LEVELS

2021 ◽  
pp. 144-153
Author(s):  
Michal Wendt ◽  
Adrianna Banio ◽  
Malgorzata Waszak
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Nonparametric Test ◽  
Parametric Test ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Active Rehabilitation ◽  
Spinal Cord Function ◽  
Cervical Level ◽  
Test Result

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of Active Rehabilitation (AR) on wheelchair distance in men with spinal cord injury (SCI) at the cervical or thoracic levels. The research group consisted of 30 men with cervical or thoracic SCI. All the participants completed the "1st level" rehabilitation camp in Spała (12 days). A modified Cooper test was used twice: the day before and the day after the AR camp. AR had increased the distance covered in a wheelchair in men with thoracic (18%) and cervical (29%) SCI. The percentage of change in the Cooper test result due to AR has a statistically significant dependency on the degree of impairment of spinal cord function according to the ASIA scale (parametric test: p=0.0131, nonparametric test p=0.0018). The level of SCI does not significantly differentiate this variable (parametric test: p=0.3418, nonparametric test p=0.0673). Contrary to expectations, men with SCI at cervical level improved more, which suggests that AR is a valuable therapeutic component in the rehabilitation of patients with SCI. The wheelchair distance improvement due to AR depends more on the degree of impairment of the spinal cord function than on the level of the SCI itself.

scholarly journals Transplantation of cryopreserved rat fetal neural cells in suspension and in multicellular aggregates into rats with spinal cord injury

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Sukach ◽  
A. Lebedinsky ◽  
O. Ochenashko ◽  
A. Petrenko
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Motor Activity ◽  
Cell Transplantation ◽  
Spinal Cord Injuries ◽  
Therapeutic Potential ◽  
Neural Cells ◽  
Rat Serum ◽  
Activity Recovery ◽  
Cord Injury

Today cell transplantation is one of the promising approaches of spinal cord injuries treatment. The aim of the work was to study the effect of cryopreserved fetal neural cell transplantation in suspensions and cell aggregates for motor activity recovery of rats with experimental spinal cord injury.Materials and methods. Cells were isolated from the brain tissue of rat fetuses 15-16 days of gestation. The formation of aggregates was performed during short-term cultivation at a concentration of 8·106cells/mL in medium with 10 % adult rat serum. Cell transplantation was performed into the damaged area of spinal cord in aggregates or suspension. To fix transplanted cells in the damaged area we used alginate gel.Results. Transplantation of cryopreserved fetal neural cells in alginate gel had the positive effect on dynamics of rats’ motor activity recovery. That was manifested in the extensive mobility of three joints of one limb and the limited mobility of two joints of the other with simultaneous recovery of the sensitivity of the hind limbs.Conclusion. Cryopreserved fetal neural cells aggregates had a high therapeutic potential on rat traumatic spinal cord injury compared with cell suspension by improving the structure of forming nervous tissue and significantly increasing the rate of hind limb function recovery.

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