Immediate Effects of Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation on Motor Function in Chronic, Sensorimotor Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury.

Deficient ankle control after incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI) often accentuates walking impairments. Transcutaneous electrical spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) has been shown to augment locomotor activity after iSCI, presumably due to modulation of spinal excitability. However, the effects of possible excitability modulations induced by tSCS on ankle control have not yet been assessed.

The coccygeal pressure ulcer-does coccygectomy prevent recurrence?

Study Design: This is a retrospective, non-randomized cohort study, with data collected during the regular annual visits between 2001 and 2019.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of coccygectomy for coccygeal pressure ulcers in individuals with paraplegia due to spinal cord injury or other neurological causes and to evaluate its role in the prophylaxis of ulcer recurrence.

Settings: This study included inpatients and outpatients with a coccygeal pressure ulcer who were treated surgically at our Institution REHAB Basel and were followed with regular annual check-ups.

[Work after Spinal Cord Injury - Outpatient Data from a Rehabilitation Clinic for Paraplegiology].

Aim: This study investigated factors which influence work after a spinal cord lesion using routinely collected outpatient data including an ICF-based questionnaire.

Methods: The retrospective analysis was based on a sample of 290 outpatients with chronic spinal cord lesions of whom 43% reported to work. 15 factors possibly affecting occupational activity were evaluated by bivariate analyses and multivariable regression modelling.