Relationship between cognitive and motor performance in physically well-recovered men with traumatic brain injury.

Objective: To explore the relationship between cognitive and motor performance in physically well-recovered men with traumatic brain injury.

Design: Cross-sectional explorative study in a national neurorehabilitation centre.

Subjects: Men with post-acute traumatic brain injury (n = 34; aged 19-55 years) who had recovered well physically.

Incidence of traumatic spinal cord injuries in Finland over a 30-year period.

Study Design: Register survey.

Objective: To provide national Finnish data on the incidence of traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) over a 30-year period.

Setting: Käpylä Rehabilitation Centre, Helsinki, Finland.

Use of prescription drugs in athletes.

Although athletes are young and generally healthy, they use a variety of non-doping classified medicines to treat injuries, cure illnesses and obtain a competitive edge. Athletes and sports medicine physicians try to optimize the treatment of symptoms related to extreme training during an elite athlete's active career. According to several studies, the use of antiasthmatic medication is more frequent among elite athletes than in the general population.

Traumatic brain injury in Finland 1991-2005: a nationwide register study of hospitalized and fatal TBI.

Primary Objective: To examine the epidemiology of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Finland in 1991-2005.

Research Design: Nationwide population based data of hospitalized and fatal TBI collected from the national registers of Finland. The incidence, age and gender distribution, aetiology, external causes, cursory outcome and mortality are presented.

EEG-based brain-computer interface for tetraplegics.

Movement-disabled persons typically require a long practice time to learn how to use a brain-computer interface (BCI). Our aim was to develop a BCI which tetraplegic subjects could control only in 30 minutes. Six such subjects (level of injury C4-C5) operated a 6-channel EEG BCI.

Traumatic brain injury is under-diagnosed in patients with spinal cord injury.

Objective: To investigate the occurrence and severity of traumatic brain injury in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury.

Design: Cross-sectional study with prospective neurological, neuropsychological and neuroradiological examinations and retrospective medical record review.

Patients: Thirty-one consecutive, traumatic spinal cord injury patients on their first post-acute rehabilitation period in a national rehabilitation centre.

Applicability of the ICF checklist to traumatically brain-injured patients in post-acute rehabilitation settings.

Objective: To evaluate the applicability of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) checklist in post-acute traumatically brain-injured patients in rehabilitation settings.

Design: A cross-sectional study based on the written documents of an interdisciplinary rehabilitation team.

Subjects: A sample of 55 patients with traumatic brain injury.

Sexual activity and satisfaction in men with traumatic spinal cord lesion.

Objective: To estimate sexual activity and sexual satisfaction in men with spinal cord lesion.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Subjects: All adult citizens in Helsinki with traumatic spinal cord lesion were identified.

Control of the lumbar neutral zone decreases low back pain and improves self-evaluated work ability: a 12-month randomized controlled study.

Study Design: A randomized controlled study with 12 months intervention.

Objective: To study the effectiveness of a training intervention with emphases on the control of lumbar neutral zone (NZ) and behavior modeling as secondary prevention of low back pain (LBP) and disability.

Summary Of Background Data: Improving the control of lumbar NZ and enhancing muscle activation patterns ensuring spinal stability have been proposed as means for secondary prevention of LBP and disability.

Snuff use and smoking in Finnish olympic athletes.

This study aimed to assess the prevalence of smoking and snuff use in Finnish elite athletes. Of all the athletes (n = 494) financially supported by the National Olympic Committee, 446 completed a structured questionnaire (response rate 90.3 %) in 2002.

Motor performance in physically well-recovered men with traumatic brain injury.

Objective: The primary aim of this study was to compare the motor performance of physically well-recovered men with traumatic brain injury with that of healthy men.

Design: Cross-sectional study in a national rehabilitation centre.

Methods: Static and dynamic balance, agility and rhythm co-ordination of men with traumatic brain injury (n=34) and healthy controls (n=36) were assessed.

EEG and MEG brain-computer interface for tetraplegic patients.

We characterized features of magnetoencephalographic (MEG) and electroencephalographic (EEG) signals generated in the sensorimotor cortex of three tetraplegics attempting index finger movements. Single MEG and EEG trials were classified offline into two classes using two different classifiers, a batch trained classifier and a dynamic classifier. Classification accuracies obtained with dynamic classifier were better, at 75%, 89%, and 91% in different subjects, when features were in the 0.

Work participation among persons with traumatic spinal cord injury and meningomyelocele1.

Objective: To study injury-related and individual factors as predictors of work participation in persons with traumatic and congenital spinal cord injury.

Design: Cross-sectional questionnaire study.

Subjects: One hundred and eighty-two persons with traumatic spinal cord injury treated in the Spinal Injuries Unit in Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden, and 48 persons with meningomyelocele admitted to the Young Adult Teams in Göteborg, Borås and Skövde, Sweden.

Ample use of physician-prescribed medications in Finnish elite athletes.

The present study aimed at determining the use of physician-prescribed medication in a large number of elite athletes compared with a representative control sample of the general population. Of all the athletes (N = 494) financially supported by the National Olympic Committee, 446 completed a structured questionnaire (response rate 90.3 %) in 2002.

Self-reported attitudes of elite athletes towards doping: differences between type of sport.

Although athletes' beliefs and values are known to influence whether or not an athlete will use banned drugs, little is known about the athletes' beliefs and attitudes in different sports. The aim of this study was to clarify the beliefs and attitudes of elite athletes towards banned substances and methods in sports. A total of 446 athletes (response rate 90.

Osteoporosis in adults with meningomyelocele: an unrecognized problem at rehabilitation clinics.

Objectives: To assess the prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia in adults with meningomyelocele and to explore whether neurologic level, ambulatory status, and other medical problems are associated with bone mineral density (BMD).

Design: A cross-sectional study, including a self-administered questionnaire and clinical assessment.

Setting: Outpatient referral clinic in Sweden.

Health-related quality of life in persons with traumatic spinal cord lesion in Helsinki.

Objective: To estimate the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of persons with spinal cord lesion.

Design: The study design was cross-sectional.

Subjects: All adult citizens in Helsinki with traumatic spinal cord lesion were identified.

Allergic rhinitis and pharmacological management in elite athletes.

Introduction: Only a few studies have examined the occurrence of atopy and clinically apparent allergic disease and their pharmacological management in elite athletes. The aim of the study was to assess the frequency of allergic rhinitis and the use of antiallergic medication within the subgroups of elite athletes as compared with a representative sample of young adults of the same age.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was carried out in 2002.

Prevalence of spinal cord injury in Helsinki.

Study Design: Retrospective register-based epidemiological study.

Objective: To estimate the prevalence rate of persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) with special reference to ASIA Impairment Grade A-D.

Setting: Helsinki, Finland.

Asthma medication in Finnish olympic athletes: no signs of inhaled beta2-agonist overuse.

Introduction: Occurrence of asthma has been reported to be frequent in endurance athletes and especially high in winter sport athletes. Recently, the International Olympic Committee has restricted the use of inhaled beta2-agonists and requires documentation for their use. However, epidemiologic data comparing the use of antiasthmatic medication in different sport events are mostly missing.

Functional independence in persons with spinal cord injury in Helsinki.

Objective: To estimate the functional independence of persons with spinal cord injury according to the Functional Independence Measure motor items.

Design: The study design was cross-sectional.

Subjects: All adult citizens of Helsinki with traumatic spinal cord injury were identified.

Does good trunk extensor performance protect against back-related work disability?

In this cohort study, dynamic trunk extensor performance was studied as a predictor of permanent work disability due to back disorders. As part of the comprehensive Mini-Finland Health Survey in 1978-80, the back muscle performance of 535 persons (267 men, 268 women) was measured using standardized repetitive arch-up and sit-up tests. At baseline, the participants were between 30 and 64 years of age.