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OBJECTIVES@#To investigate the effect of torso training on unstable surface on lower limb motor function in patients with incomplete spinal cord injury.@*METHODS@#A total of 80 patients with incomplete spinal cord injury caused by thoracolumbar fracture admitted in Ningbo Yinzhou No.2 Hospital from April 2020 to December 2021 were randomly divided into control group and study group, with 40 cases in each group. In addition to routine training, the control group received torso training on stable surface and the study group received torso training on unstable surface. The gait, lower limb muscle strength, balance function, lower limb function, mobility and nerve function of the two groups were compared.@*RESULTS@#After treatment, the stride length, stride frequency and comfortable walking speed improved in the two groups (all P<0.05), and the improvements in study group were more significant (all P<0.05). The muscle strength of quadriceps femoris, gluteus maximus, hamstring, anterior tibialis and gastrocnemius were improved in the two groups (all P<0.05), and the improvements in study group were more significant (all P<0.05); the total trajectories of static eye opening and static eye closing gravity center movement in the two groups were significantly shorter (all P<0.05), and the improvements in the study group were more significant (all P<0.05). The dynamic stability limit range and the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) lower extremity motor score, Berg balance scale, modified Barthel index scale in the two groups were significantly higher (all P<0.05), and these scores in study group were significantly higher than those in the control group (all P<0.05). Both groups showed a significant improvement in ASIA grade (all P<0.05), and the improvement in the study group was significantly better (P<0.05).@*CONCLUSIONS@#Torso training on unstable surface can effectively improve the gait and lower limb muscle strength of patients with incomplete spinal cord injury and improve the lower limb motor function.
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Humanos , Caminhada/fisiologia , Traumatismos da Medula Espinal , Marcha/fisiologia , Extremidade Inferior , TroncoRESUMO
Background: Following the Spinal Cord Injury, patient’s ability for gait and endurance is been limited. Hence this further causes difficulty in managing activities of daily living and transfers. Thus reducing the ambulatory capacity and increasing patients dependability to be wheelchair bond and significantly affecting the use of lower limb muscle strength. This will eventually land in secondary complications. Muscle strengthening has been proved to be one of the important intervention. The purpose of this study is to quantify muscle strength with respect to its energy expenditure and later target those muscle group in improving their ambulatory capacity. Materials and Methods: Seventeen incomplete spinal cord injury patients were recruited. Their initial pre-assessment was done. Muscle strength and Ambulatory capacity was graded using Manual Muscle Testing and Ambulatory Capacity grading. Energy expenditure was calculated using Physiological Cost Index. Initial heart rate at rest was taken. Later subject had to walk for six minutes and post heart rate and laps were taken. Using Mac-Gregor equation energy expenditure was calculated. Results: The results interpreted that muscle strength to physiological cost index is negative correlation and to ambulatory capacity it is a positive correlation. Conclusion: There is correlation of muscle strength with respect to energy expenditure and ambulatory capacity in an incomplete spinal cord injury.
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Objective To investigate the effects of aquatic Taiji Quan on balance function of patients with incomplete spinal cord injury. Methods From March to December, 2015, 30 patients with incomplete spinal cord injury received aquatic Taiji Quan exercise based on rou-tine rehabilitation, 30 minutes every day, five times a week for five weeks. They were assessed with Berg Balance Scale (BBS) before and after exercise. Dynamic balance function and static balance function were also assessed with Active Balancer assessment. Results The BBS score significantly improved after exercise (t=-9.652, P3.528, Z>-2.590, P0.05). The dynamic stability limit range enlarged (t=-4.516, P<0.01), and the time to target significantly shortened (t=4.530, P<0.001). Conclusion Aquatic Taiji Quan can improve the balance function of patients with incomplete spinal cord injury.
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Objective To explore the effects of walking in water on surface electromyography (sEMG) of lower limbs and neural func-tion in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients. Methods From June, 2014 to May, 2016, 42 patients with incomplete thoracolumbar SCI were di-vided into control group (n=21) and experimental group (n=21) randomly. All the patients accepted routine rehabilitation, while the experi-mental group accepted extra walking in water. Average electromyography (AEMG) of quadriceps femoris and tibialis anterior muscles was measured, and the motor and sense function was assessed with American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Classification before and six weeks after treatment. Results The AEMG (t>5.763, P10.871, P4.036, P<0.01). Conclusion Walking in water could further improve lower limbs muscle strength and neural function in patients with incomplete thoracolumbar SCI.
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Objective:To research the clinical effect of Yi-yuan moxibustion on the bladder dysfunction after incomplete spinal cord injury Method:Forty patients with urinary retention were randomized into treatment group and control group,20 cases in each group.The two groups were treated by rehabilitation training,and the treatment group received Yi-yuan moxibustion,once a day,5d a week,8 weeks in total.Bladder volume and residual urine were tested by B-scan ultrasonography.After 8 week treatment,the curative effect was assessed.Result:One week after all treatments,the results of B-scan ultrasonography showed that bladder volume and residual urine volume of both groups are were improved than before.The curative effect after 6 weeks treatment suggests that the effective rate in control group was 55％ and the treatment group was e 90％.The difference was statistically significant (P＜0.05).Conclusion:Yi-yuan moxibustion is a kind of good therapy to ameliorate urinary retention caused by spinal cord injury.
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Objective To explore neural plasticity around an injured region of the spinal cord and the effects of step training on functional recovery after incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI). Methods Adult female Sprague-Dawley rats ( n = 24) were induced with spinal cord contusion at T10 and divided into a step training group and a control group ( 12 rats in each). Training started from the 7th day post-injury and lasted for (20 ± 10)min per day, 5 days per week, for 9 weeks. Treadmill speeds were 3 m/min at the beginning, and adjusted daily according to each rat's tolerance up to 11 m/min or more. The functional recovery was measured weekly with the open-field locomotor rating scale of Basso, Beattie and Bresnahan (BBB score). The expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), neurofilament protein (NF) and growth-associated protein-43 (GAP-43) in the spinal cord around the injured region were detected. Results After 70 days of step training, the average BBB score of the step training group reached ( 12.86 ± 0.94 ), significantly higher than that of the control group ( 10.71 ± 0.95 ). The expression of NF and GAP-43 around the injured region increased significantly more in the step training group than among the controls. Conclusions Step training can promote functional recovery and neural plasticity in rats after incomplete SCI.
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@# Objective To explore the effect of body-weight support treadmill training (BWSTT)on ambulatory capacity in individuals following incomplete spinal cord injury (ISCI).Methods 36 cases of incomplete SCI patients were divided randomly into control and BWSTT groups who were classified as ASIA C or D.All received comprehensive rehabilitation, and patients in BWSTT group also received BWSTT for 3 months when the physical condition was permitted.They were assessed before and after treatment.The evaluation items included measurement of ASIA lower-extremity motor assessment, functional independence measure (FIM) ambulatory function measure, 10meter ambulatory velocity and modified Barthel Index.Results The scores of ASIA lower-extremity motor assessment, FIM ambulatory function, the ambulatory 10-meter velocity in BWSTT group improved significantly when compared with the control group (P<0.05).The scores of modified Barthel Index were no difference between two groups before and after treatment (P<0.05).Conclusion BWSTT could improve ambulatory capacity for incomplete SCI patients
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@#ObjectiveTo evaluate the assistant effct of electroacupuncture on acute incomplete spinal cord injury treated with routine therapy.Methods9 cases who accepted routine therapy, including operation and medicine, were in control group, while other 7 cases who accepted electroacupuncture other than routine therapy were in treating group.ResultsThere were 2 cases were effective, 4 cases were improved and 3 cases were not improved in control group, while 6 cases were clinical recovery, 1 case was effective in treating group.ConclusionElectroacupuncture can improve the effect of routine therapy on acute incomplete spinal cord injury.
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Objective:To measure the expression of the MCP-1(Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1) in the serum of patients with acute spinal cord injury and explore the possible mechanism of secondary spinal cord injury.Methods:MCP-1 in the serum of patients with acute spinal cord injury,single spine compression and healthy subjects were detected by ELISA irrespectively.The MRI data of these patients were studied at the same time on a blind base.Results:MCP-1 in the serum of patients with acute spinal cord injury was correlated positively with the degree of spinal cord compression,which was elevated markedly(P