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ArticleTopics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation2025

German Transcreation of the International Standards to Document Remaining Autonomic Function After Spinal Cord Injury (Second Edition): A Feasibility Study in Individuals With Subacute Phase Spinal Cord Injury/Disease (SCI/D).

Carole Niederberger, Elena Henes, Andrei V Krassioukov, Michael Baumberger, Jörg Krebs, Jürgen Pannek, Matthias Walter, Anke Scheel-Sailer

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Carole NiederbergerSwiss Paraplegic Centre, Nottwil, Switzerland.
Elena HenesSwiss Paraplegic Centre, Nottwil, Switzerland.
Andrei V KrassioukovInternational Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Michael BaumbergerSwiss Paraplegic Centre, Nottwil, Switzerland.
Jörg KrebsSwiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland.
Jürgen PannekSwiss Paraplegic Centre, Nottwil, Switzerland.
Matthias WalterSwiss Paraplegic Centre, Nottwil, Switzerland.
Anke Scheel-SailerSwiss Paraplegic Centre, Nottwil, Switzerland.

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Background: In May 2021, the second edition of International Standards to document remaining Autonomic Function after Spinal Cord Injury (ISAFSCI) was published. Objectives: To transcreate the 2021 ISAFSCI (2nd ed.) to German and to assess its feasibility in the subacute phase following spinal cord injury/disease (SCI/D). Methods: Transcreation to German was performed by an interdisciplinary team of native English and German speakers. We screened individuals with SCI/D for eligibility (i.e., age ≥18 years; >3 months following SCI/D) between August 2021 and January 2022. To minimize the time for the assessment, we first interviewed participants in a supine position before conducting the clinical examination. We assessed participants thrice within 14 days using a randomized sequence of assessors, and we assessed SCI/D according to the International Standards for Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI) grading of the SCI/D, including the American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS). Time of ISAFSCI assessments (median and quartiles) and its completeness (%) were calculated. Results: Twelve participants (3 females; median age 42 years [Q1: 31, Q3: 54]) were enrolled and assessed thrice. Severity and level of injury were either sensorimotor complete (AIS A, 9) or incomplete (AIS C, 3) SCI/D and tetraplegia ( Conclusion: The German version of the ISAFSCI second edition is feasible to perform in a subacute cohort. However, given the subacute stage following SCI, certain limitations must be acknowledged. Many participants have not yet engaged in sexual activity, which limits the evaluation of sexual function.

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Autonomic Nervous SystemAutonomic Nervous System DiseasesSpinal Cord InjuriesAdultFeasibility StudiesFemaleGermanyHumansMaleMiddle Agedautonomic nervous system diseasefeasibility studieshumansnervous system diseaseneurological examination

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