Spinal Cord Injury in Infancy: Activity-based Therapy Impact on Health, Function, and Quality of Life in Chronic Injury
As published in the Spinal Cord Series and Cases Spinal cord injury (SCI) in infancy magnifies the complexity of a devastating diagnosis. Children injured so young have high incidences of scoliosis, hip dysplasia, and respiratory ...
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Sensitivity to change and responsiveness of the Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control (SATCo) in children with spinal cord injury
The purpose of this study was to assess the sensitivity and responsiveness of the Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control (SATCo) for evaluating trunk control in children with spinal cord injury (SCI) receiving activity-based locomotor training ...
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Respiratory functional and motor control deficits in children with spinal cord injury.
The purpose of this study was the comparative evaluation of respiratory motor function in children with SCI. We demonstrated that SCI-induced decrease in respiratory functional capacity in children is age-dependent and is associated with impaired ...
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Development and initial validation of the Pediatric Neuromuscular Recovery Scale
The Neuromuscular Recovery Scale (NRS) was developed to assess the capacity of adults' post-spinal cord injury (SCI) to perform functional tasks without compensation. Application of the NRS to children has been challenging. The purpose of ...
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Modular control of varied locomotor tasks in children with incomplete spinal cord injuries.
The purpose of this study was to examine neuromuscular control of reciprocal locomotor tasks in children with ISCIs as well as uninjured children. Across both groups of children, lower extremity muscle activation during five reciprocal ...
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