Spinal Cord Injury
New spinal cord injury study findings have been published by C.W. Wei and colleagues
Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, February 9th, 2009
In this recent study, researchers in Toronto, Canada conducted a study "To characterize and differentiate cerebral white matter (WM) changes related selectively to traumatic brain injury (TBI) or spinal cord injury (SCI) in patients with SCIs in order to improve diagnostic accuracy of TBI in people with SCI. Diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI)-derived fractional anisotropy (FA) data in WM tracts were compared between a healthy control and 2 patient groups."
"Between-subject comparisons of FA were performed using region of interest (ROI) analysis and tract-based spatial statistics. A large, urban inpatient SCI program. Three groups: SCI and concomitant TBI (SCI with TBI,...
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