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ReviewClinics and practice2022

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

Camelia Florentina Lascu, Camelia Liana Buhaș, Gabriel Mihai Mekeres, Mădălin Bulzan, Robert Bogdan Boț, Georgiana Albina Căiță, Ioan Bogdan Voiță, Mihaela Dana Pogan

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Review in Clinics and practice, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Camelia Florentina LascuDoctoral School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania.
Camelia Liana BuhașMorphological Disciplines Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania.
Gabriel Mihai MekeresDoctoral School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-3096-4586
Mădălin BulzanDoctoral School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-9053-8784
Robert Bogdan BoțDoctoral School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania.
Georgiana Albina CăițăDoctoral School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania.
Ioan Bogdan VoițăDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology "Prof. Octavian Fodor", 400162 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Mihaela Dana PoganDepartment of Dental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania.
University of Oradea · ROInstitutul Regional de Gastroenterologie Prof. Dr. Octavian Fodor · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(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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evaluation scalesfunctional prognosisneurological deficitspinal cord injury

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PMID36648842
PMCPMC9844280
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