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Advantages and Limitations in the Evaluation of the Neurological and Functional Deficit in Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries

(1) Background: Vertebro-medullary trauma (VMT) causes osteo-articular injuries in a varied anatomical lesion associated with multiple clinical manifestations and therapeutic indications. The neurological evaluation of patients who have suffered a spinal cord injury (SCI) is costly in testing the mo...

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Autores principales: Lascu, Camelia Florentina, Buhaș, Camelia Liana, Mekeres, Gabriel Mihai, Bulzan, Mădălin, Boț, Robert Bogdan, Căiță, Georgiana Albina, Voiță, Ioan Bogdan, Pogan, Mihaela Dana
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9844280/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36648842
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/clinpract13010002
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author Lascu, Camelia Florentina
Buhaș, Camelia Liana
Mekeres, Gabriel Mihai
Bulzan, Mădălin
Boț, Robert Bogdan
Căiță, Georgiana Albina
Voiță, Ioan Bogdan
Pogan, Mihaela Dana
author_facet Lascu, Camelia Florentina
Buhaș, Camelia Liana
Mekeres, Gabriel Mihai
Bulzan, Mădălin
Boț, Robert Bogdan
Căiță, Georgiana Albina
Voiță, Ioan Bogdan
Pogan, Mihaela Dana
author_sort Lascu, Camelia Florentina
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description (1) Background: Vertebro-medullary trauma (VMT) causes osteo-articular injuries in a varied anatomical lesion associated with multiple clinical manifestations and therapeutic indications. The neurological evaluation of patients who have suffered a spinal cord injury (SCI) is costly in testing the motor and sensory function. To standardize the assessment, several scales are used that measure the neurological deficit in order to guide subsequent treatment according to complete or incomplete SCI. The aim of this study is to identify and present the relevant tools for assessing SCI. (2) Methods: Relevant SCI studies were used for a fact-finding investigation from a rational and critical perspective of this field of research. The relationship between clinical tools and those with a psychosocial component was assessed based on studies reported in the literature. (3) Results: SCI severity scales have been proposed throughout to be able to estimate the functional prognosis of victims of these traumatic events. These tools can be divided into scales for assessing the neurological deficit due to trauma, and functional scales that assess the ability to perform daily activities, self-care, etc. (4) Conclusions: The closest scale to the need for standardization and the most accurate assessment of neurological deficits secondary to SCI is ASIA/IMSOP.
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spelling pubmed-98442802023-01-18 Advantages and Limitations in the Evaluation of the Neurological and Functional Deficit in Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries Lascu, Camelia Florentina Buhaș, Camelia Liana Mekeres, Gabriel Mihai Bulzan, Mădălin Boț, Robert Bogdan Căiță, Georgiana Albina Voiță, Ioan Bogdan Pogan, Mihaela Dana Clin Pract Review (1) Background: Vertebro-medullary trauma (VMT) causes osteo-articular injuries in a varied anatomical lesion associated with multiple clinical manifestations and therapeutic indications. The neurological evaluation of patients who have suffered a spinal cord injury (SCI) is costly in testing the motor and sensory function. To standardize the assessment, several scales are used that measure the neurological deficit in order to guide subsequent treatment according to complete or incomplete SCI. The aim of this study is to identify and present the relevant tools for assessing SCI. (2) Methods: Relevant SCI studies were used for a fact-finding investigation from a rational and critical perspective of this field of research. The relationship between clinical tools and those with a psychosocial component was assessed based on studies reported in the literature. (3) Results: SCI severity scales have been proposed throughout to be able to estimate the functional prognosis of victims of these traumatic events. These tools can be divided into scales for assessing the neurological deficit due to trauma, and functional scales that assess the ability to perform daily activities, self-care, etc. (4) Conclusions: The closest scale to the need for standardization and the most accurate assessment of neurological deficits secondary to SCI is ASIA/IMSOP. MDPI 2022-12-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9844280/ /pubmed/36648842 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/clinpract13010002 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Lascu, Camelia Florentina
Buhaș, Camelia Liana
Mekeres, Gabriel Mihai
Bulzan, Mădălin
Boț, Robert Bogdan
Căiță, Georgiana Albina
Voiță, Ioan Bogdan
Pogan, Mihaela Dana
Advantages and Limitations in the Evaluation of the Neurological and Functional Deficit in Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries
title Advantages and Limitations in the Evaluation of the Neurological and Functional Deficit in Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries
title_full Advantages and Limitations in the Evaluation of the Neurological and Functional Deficit in Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries
title_fullStr Advantages and Limitations in the Evaluation of the Neurological and Functional Deficit in Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries
title_full_unstemmed Advantages and Limitations in the Evaluation of the Neurological and Functional Deficit in Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries
title_short Advantages and Limitations in the Evaluation of the Neurological and Functional Deficit in Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries
title_sort advantages and limitations in the evaluation of the neurological and functional deficit in patients with spinal cord injuries
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9844280/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36648842
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/clinpract13010002
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