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ReviewTopics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation2018

Translational Challenges of Rat Models of Upper Extremity Dysfunction After Spinal Cord Injury.

Laura Krisa, Madeline Runyen, Megan Ryan Detloff

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Review in Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Electrophysiologic Characteristics of Epidural Spinal Signals in Preclinical Models of Spinal Cord Stimulation.Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Laura KrisaDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Jefferson College of Health Professions, Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Madeline RunyenDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Jefferson College of Health Professions, Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Megan Ryan DetloffDepartment of Neurobiology & Anatomy, Spinal Cord Research Center, College of Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Drexel University · USJefferson College · USJefferson College of Health Sciences · US

Funding

Validation of Targeting Macrophage-Mediated Events in the DRG to Alleviate Chronic Spinal Cord Injury PainR01NS097880 · NINDS · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · PI MEGAN R DETLOFF · 2017 to 2026
$4.0M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS097880
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There are approximately 17,500 new spinal cord injury (SCI) cases each year in the United States, with the majority of cases resulting from a traumatic injury. Damage to the spinal cord causes either temporary or permanent changes in sensorimotor function. Given that the majority of human SCIs occur in the cervical spinal level, the experimental animal models of forelimb dysfunction play a large role in the ability to translate basic science research to clinical application. However, the variation in the design of clinical and basic science studies of forelimb/upper extremity (UE) function prevents the ease of translation. This review provides an overview of experimental models of forelimb dysfunction used in SCI research with special emphasis on the rat model of SCI. The anatomical location and types of experimental cervical lesions, functional assessments, and rehabilitation strategies used in the basic science laboratory are reviewed. Finally, we discuss the challenges of translating animal models of forelimb dysfunction to the clinical SCI human population.

Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalAnimalsDisability EvaluationFunctional LateralityRatsRecovery of FunctionSpinal Cord InjuriesTranslational Research, BiomedicalUpper Extremityanimal modelsforelimbfunctional recoveryupper extremity

Identifiers

PMID29997423
PMCPMC6037323
OpenAlexW2830111968

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