Therapeutic interventions after spinal cord injury

S Thuret, LDF Moon, FH Gage - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2006 - nature.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) can lead to paraplegia or quadriplegia. Although there are no fully
restorative treatments for SCI, various rehabilitative, cellular and molecular therapies have …

[HTML][HTML] Systemic inflammation in traumatic spinal cord injury

O Bloom, PE Herman, AM Spungen - Experimental neurology, 2020 - Elsevier
There are 17,730 new cases of spinal cord injury annually in the United States and up to 2.5
million individuals estimated to be living with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI)(Herman and …

Leisure time physical activity in a population-based sample of people with spinal cord injury part I: demographic and injury-related correlates

KAM Ginis, AE Latimer, KP Arbour-Nicitopoulos… - Archives of physical …, 2010 - Elsevier
Martin Ginis KA, Latimer AE, Arbour-Nicitopoulos KP, Buchholz AC, Bray SR, Craven BC,
Hayes KC, Hicks AL, McColl M, Potter PJ, Smith K, Wolfe DL. Leisure time physical activity in …

[HTML][HTML] The SCI exercise self-efficacy scale (ESES): development and psychometric properties

T Kroll, M Kehn, PS Ho, S Groah - International Journal of Behavioral …, 2007 - Springer
Background Rising prevalence of secondary conditions among persons with spinal cord
injury (SCI) has focused recent attention to potential health promotion programs designed to …

Resilience in competitive athletes with spinal cord injury: The role of sport participation

M Machida, B Irwin, D Feltz - Qualitative health research, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Individuals who experience loss of their physical abilities often face the challenges of
adapting to a new way of life. Past research has shown that sport participation can assist the …

Acute cardiorespiratory and metabolic responses during exoskeleton-assisted walking overground among persons with chronic spinal cord injury

N Evans, C Hartigan, C Kandilakis… - Topics in spinal …, 2015 - meridian.allenpress.com
Background: Lower extremity robotic exoskeleton technology is being developed with the
promise of affording people with spinal cord injury (SCI) the opportunity to stand and walk …

Exercise and sport for persons with spinal cord injury

KAM Ginis, S Jörgensen, J Stapleton - Pm&r, 2012 - Elsevier
This review article provides an overview of the evidence that links exercise and sports
participation to physical and psychological well-being among people with spinal cord injury …

Exercise guidelines to promote cardiometabolic health in spinal cord injured humans: time to raise the intensity?

TE Nightingale, RS Metcalfe, NB Vollaard… - Archives of physical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a life-changing event that, as a result of paralysis, negatively
influences habitual levels of physical activity and hence cardiometabolic health. Performing …

Impact of COVID-19 on the self-reported physical activity of people with complete thoracic spinal cord injury full-time manual wheelchair users

A Marco-Ahulló, L Montesinos-Magraner… - The Journal of Spinal …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Context The emergence of COVID-19 caused a new public health crisis, leading to major
changes in daily life routines, often including physical activity (PA) levels. The main goal of …

Adverse late effects of childhood cancer and its treatment on health and performance

KK Ness, JG Gurney - Annual review of public health, 2007 - annualreviews.org
More than 12,000 newly diagnosed cases of cancer occur each year in the United States
among children ages 20 years or younger, and the current 5-year survival rate is near 80 …