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- Title
Spinal Cord Tissue Bridges Validation Study: Predictive Relationships With Sensory Scores Following Cervical Spinal Cord Injury.
- Authors
Smith, Andrew C.; O'Dell, Denise R.; Thornton, Wesley A.; Dungan, David; Robinson, Eli; Thaker, Ashesh; Gisbert, Robyn; Weber II, Kenneth A.; Berliner, Jeffrey C.; Albin, Stephanie R.
- Abstract
Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), widths of ventral tissue bridges demonstrated significant predictive relationships with future pinprick sensory scores, and widths of dorsal tissue bridges demonstrated significant predictive relationships with future light touch sensory scores, following spinal cord injury (SCI). These studies involved smaller participant numbers, and external validation of their findings is warranted. The purpose of this study was to validate these previous findings using a larger independent data set. Widths of ventral and dorsal tissue bridges were quantified using MRI in persons post cervical level SCI (average 3.7 weeks post injury), and pinprick and light touch sensory scores were acquired at discharge from inpatient rehabilitation (average 14.3 weeks post injury). Pearson product-moments were calculated and linear regression models were created from these data. Wider ventral tissue bridges were significantly correlated with pinprick scores (r = 0.31, p < 0.001, N = 136) and wider dorsal tissue bridges were significantly correlated with light touch scores (r = 0.31, p < 0.001, N = 136) at discharge from inpatient rehabilitation. This retrospective study's results provide external validation of previous findings, using a larger sample size. Following SCI, ventral tissue bridges hold significant predictive relationships with future pinprick sensory scores and dorsal tissue bridges hold significant predictive relationships with future light touch sensory scores.
- Subjects
CERVICAL vertebrae injuries; SPINAL cord; SENSES; MEDICAL rehabilitation; SPINAL cord injuries; PREDICTIVE tests; TOUCH; RESEARCH evaluation; CONFIDENCE intervals; ANTHROPOMETRY; RESEARCH methodology; AGE distribution; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; RETROSPECTIVE studies; PATIENTS; REGRESSION analysis; PEARSON correlation (Statistics); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests; INTER-observer reliability; TISSUES; RESEARCH funding; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; INTRACLASS correlation; TRAUMA severity indices; DATA analysis software; DISCHARGE planning
- Publication
Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, 2022, Vol 28, Issue 2, p111
- ISSN
1082-0744
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.46292/sci21-00018