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1514883

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-10-1
pubmed:abstractText
Motor and sensory recovery were quantified by serial examinations prospectively performed on 148 persons with paraplegia. Of the 142 patients who remained complete injuries at follow-up, none with an initial neurologic level of injury (NLI) above T9 regained any lower extremity motor function at follow-up. Thirty-eight percent of patients with an initial NLI at or below T9 had some return of lower extremity motor function, primarily in the hip flexors and knee initial NLI at or below T9 had some return of lower extremity motor function, primarily in the hip flexors and knee extensors. Twenty percent of the patients with an initial NLI at or below T12 regained sufficient hip flexor and knee extensor strength to reciprocally ambulate using conventional orthoses and crutches. Unlike motor function, recovery of light touch and sharp-dull discrimination was independent of the initial NLI. Six (4%) of the 148 patients demonstrated "late" conversion (more than 4 months after injury) from complete to incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI) status. Two of the 6 patients with an initial NLI at T12 and subsequent annual NLI at L1 and L2 reciprocally ambulated, and three of the 6 patients regained voluntary bladder/bowel control.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0003-9993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
73
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
784-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Recovery following complete paraplegia.
pubmed:affiliation
Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System of Southern California, Downey.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.