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Accessing Rehabilitation after Upper Limb Reconstructive Surgery in Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: A Qualitative Study 颈脊髓损伤患者上肢重建手术后的康复途径：定性研究

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI: 10.46292/sci23-00092

Samantha B. Randolph, Allison J. L'Hotta, Katharine Tam, Katherine C. Stenson, Catherine M Curtin, Aimee S. James, Carie R. Kennedy, Doug Ota, Christine B Novak, Deborah Kenney, Ida K Fox

{"title":"Accessing Rehabilitation after Upper Limb Reconstructive Surgery in Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: A Qualitative Study","authors":"Samantha B. Randolph, Allison J. L'Hotta, Katharine Tam, Katherine C. Stenson, Catherine M Curtin, Aimee S. James, Carie R. Kennedy, Doug Ota, Christine B Novak, Deborah Kenney, Ida K Fox","doi":"10.46292/sci23-00092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46292/sci23-00092","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 To investigate the barriers and facilitators to rehabilitation experienced by individuals with cervical SCI after upper limb (UL) reconstructive surgery.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 We conducted a prospective cohort study with a follow-up period of up to 24 months. Data collection occurred at two academic and two Veterans Affairs medical centers in the United States. Participants were purposively sampled and included 21 adults with cervical SCI (c-SCI) who had received nerve or tendon transfer surgeries and 15 caregivers. We administered semi-structured interviews about participants' experiences of accessing rehabilitation services after surgery.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Four themes emerged from the data: (1) participants encountered greater obstacles in accessing therapy as follow-up time increased; (2) practical challenges (e.g., insurance coverage, opportunity costs, transportation) limited rehabilitation access; (3) individuals with c-SCI and their caregivers desired more information about an overall rehabilitation plan; and (4) external support systems facilitated therapy access.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Individuals with c-SCI experience multilevel barriers in accessing rehabilitation care after UL reconstructive surgeries in the United States. This work identifies areas of focus to mitigate these challenges, such as enhancing transparency about the overall rehabilitation process, training providers to work with this population, and developing, testing, and disseminating rehabilitation protocols following UL reconstruction among people with c-SCI.\u0000","PeriodicalId":507086,"journal":{"name":"Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation","volume":"21 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141693790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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How Can We Treat If We Do Not Measure: A Systematic Review of Neurogenic Bowel Objective Measures 不测量，怎么治疗？神经源性肠道客观测量系统回顾

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Pub Date : 2024-03-11 DOI: 10.46292/sci23-00065

Argy Stampas, Amisha Patel, Komal Luthra, Madeline Dicks, Radha Korupolu, Leila Neshatian, George Triadafilopoulos

{"title":"How Can We Treat If We Do Not Measure: A Systematic Review of Neurogenic Bowel Objective Measures","authors":"Argy Stampas, Amisha Patel, Komal Luthra, Madeline Dicks, Radha Korupolu, Leila Neshatian, George Triadafilopoulos","doi":"10.46292/sci23-00065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46292/sci23-00065","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Guidelines fail to recommend objective measures to assist with treatment of neurogenic bowel dysfunction (NBD) in spinal cord injury (SCI).\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 The main objective was to review the literature to identify the objective measures used in all NBD populations and to present their results and any correlations performed to validated subjective measures.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 A systematic review of the literature was performed in accordance with PRISMA (2020) guidelines, including all records from January 2012 to May 2023 with MeSH terms like “neurogenic bowel” indexed in the following databases: PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Central Trials Register, and ClinicalTrials.gov. Abstracts were excluded if they did not include objective measures or if they only mentioned the esophagus, stomach, and/or small bowel. Records were screened independently by at least two collaborators, and differences were resolved by unanimous agreement.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 There were 1290 records identified pertaining to NBD. After duplicates were removed, the remaining records were screened for a total of 49 records. Forty-one records (82%) included subjective measures. Two-thirds of the articles involved the population with SCI/disease (n = 552) and one-third were non-SCI NBD (n = 476). Objective measures were categorized as (1) transit time, (2) anorectal physiology testing, and (3) miscellaneous. Of the 38 articles presenting results, only 16 (42%) performed correlations of objective measures to subjective measures.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 There is an abundance of literature supporting the use of objective outcome measures for NBD in SCI. Strong correlations of subjective measures to objective outcome measures were generally lacking, supporting the need to use both measures to help with NBD management.\u0000","PeriodicalId":507086,"journal":{"name":"Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation","volume":"70 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140251718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Association of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements with Fractures in Persons with a Traumatic SCI 钙和维生素 D 补充剂与创伤性 SCI 患者骨折的关系

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.46292/sci23-00057

Brian Le, Hongyan (Nathan) Xu, Frances M. Weaver, Zhiping (Jenny) Huo, Ryan Avidano, Piper Hurlburt, Sarah Morgan, Laura Carbone

{"title":"Association of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements with Fractures in Persons with a Traumatic SCI","authors":"Brian Le, Hongyan (Nathan) Xu, Frances M. Weaver, Zhiping (Jenny) Huo, Ryan Avidano, Piper Hurlburt, Sarah Morgan, Laura Carbone","doi":"10.46292/sci23-00057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46292/sci23-00057","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Osteoporotic fractures occur in almost half of patients with a spinal cord injury (SCI) and are associated with significant morbidity and excess mortality. Paralyzed Veterans Administration (PVA) guidelines suggest that adequate calcium and vitamin D intake is important for skeletal health, however, the association of these supplements with osteoporotic fracture risk is unclear.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 To determine the association of filled prescriptions for calcium and vitamin D with fracture risk in Veterans with an SCI.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 The 5897 persons with a traumatic SCI of at least 2 years’ duration (96% male; 4% female) included in the VSSC SCI/D Registry in FY2014 were followed from FY2014 to FY2020 for incident upper and lower extremity fractures. Filled daily prescriptions for calcium or vitamin D supplements for ≥6 months with an adherence ≥80% were examined.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Filled prescriptions for calcium (hazard ratio [HR] 0.65; 95% CI, 0.54-0.78) and vitamin D (HR 0.33; 95% CI, 0.29-0.38) supplements were associated with a significantly decreased risk for incident fractures.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Calcium and vitamin D supplements are associated with decreased risk of fracture, supporting PVA guidelines that calcium and vitamin D intake are important for skeletal health in persons with an SCI.\u0000","PeriodicalId":507086,"journal":{"name":"Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation","volume":"49 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139967122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Co-design of the Spinal Cord Injury Health Maintenance Tool to Support Self-Management: A Mixed-Methods Approach 共同设计脊髓损伤健康维护工具以支持自我管理：混合方法

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.46292/sci23-00042

James W. Middleton, Mohit Arora, K. A. S. Jerram, John Bourke, Melissa McCormick, Dimity O’Leary, Gerard Weber, Tony Lembke, Ashley Craig

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Self-Reported Prescription Opioid Use Among Participants with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury 慢性脊髓损伤参与者自述的阿片类药物处方使用情况

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.46292/sci23-00050

J S Krause, N. DiPiro, Clara E. Dismuke-Greer

{"title":"Self-Reported Prescription Opioid Use Among Participants with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury","authors":"J S Krause, N. DiPiro, Clara E. Dismuke-Greer","doi":"10.46292/sci23-00050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46292/sci23-00050","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Individuals with spinal cord injuries (SCI) experience high rates of prescription opioid use, yet there is limited data on frequency of opioid use and specific medications being taken.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 To examine the frequency of self-reported prescription opioid use among participants with SCI and the relationship with demographic, injury, and socioeconomic characteristics.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 A cohort study of 918 adults with SCI of at least 1-year duration completed a self-report assessment (SRA) that indicated frequency of specific prescription opioid use based on the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Forty-seven percent of the participants used at least one prescription opioid over the last year; the most frequently used was hydrocodone (22.1%). Nearly 30% used a minimum of one opioid at least weekly. Lower odds of use of at least one opioid over the past year was observed for Veterans (odds ratio [OR] = 0.60, 95% CI = 0.38, 0.96) and those with a bachelor's degree or higher (OR = 0.63, 95% CI = 0.44, 0.91). When restricting the analysis to use of at least one substance daily or weekly, lower odds of use was observed for those with a bachelor's degree or higher and those with income ranging from $25,000 to $75,000+. None of the demographic or SCI variables were significantly related to prescription opioid use.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Despite the widely established risks, prescription opioids were used daily or weekly by more than 28% of the participants. Usage was only related to Veteran status and socioeconomic status indicators, which were protective of use. Alternative treatments are needed for those with the heaviest, most regular usage.\u0000","PeriodicalId":507086,"journal":{"name":"Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation","volume":"18 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139965947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Are Clinical Prediction Rules Used in Spinal Cord Injury Care? A Survey of Practice 脊髓损伤护理中是否使用临床预测规则？实践调查

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.46292/sci23-00069

Rowan H. Boyles, Caroline M. Alexander, A. Belsi, P. Strutton

{"title":"Are Clinical Prediction Rules Used in Spinal Cord Injury Care? A Survey of Practice","authors":"Rowan H. Boyles, Caroline M. Alexander, A. Belsi, P. Strutton","doi":"10.46292/sci23-00069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46292/sci23-00069","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 Accurate outcome prediction is desirable post spinal cord injury (SCI), reducing uncertainty for patients and supporting personalized treatments. Numerous attempts have been made to create clinical prediction rules that identify patients who are likely to recover function. It is unknown to what extent these rules are routinely used in clinical practice.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 To better understand knowledge of, and attitudes toward, clinical prediction rules amongst SCI clinicians in the United Kingdom.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 An online survey was distributed via mailing lists of clinical special interest groups and relevant National Health Service Trusts. Respondents answered questions about their knowledge of existing clinical prediction rules and their general attitudes to using them. They also provided information about their level of experience with SCI patients.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 One hundred SCI clinicians completed the survey. The majority (71%) were unaware of clinical prediction rules for SCI; only 8% reported using them in clinical practice. Less experienced clinicians were less likely to be aware. Lack of familiarity with prediction rules was reported as being a barrier to their use. The importance of clinical expertise when making prognostic decisions was emphasized. All respondents reported interest in using clinical prediction rules in the future.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 The results show widespread lack of awareness of clinical prediction rules amongst SCI clinicians in the United Kingdom. However, clinicians were positive about the potential for clinical prediction rules to support decision-making. More focus should be directed toward refining current rules and improving dissemination within the SCI community.\u0000","PeriodicalId":507086,"journal":{"name":"Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation","volume":"33 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139965775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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