Partial cure of spinal cord injury achieved by 6 to 13 months of coordination dynamic therapy.
Four patients with a spinal cord injury between sub C4/5 and L3/4 underwent coordination dynamics therapy for 6 to 13 months. One patient with an incomplete spinal cord lesion was cured, two patients with clinically complete injuries were partly cured, and one patient with a complete spinal injury sub L3/4 became incomplete but showed only comparably little progress. Of 3 patients with urinary bladder problems, only one patient has shown substantial improvement in bladder function so far. In one patient re-innervation of leg muscles could be documented by continuously measured coordination dynamics.
Schalow
Giselher
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Coordination Dynamics Therapy Centre, Avenida del Parque, Edif. Benal Beach, Local 2, E-29630 Benalmadena-Costa, Malaga, Spain.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000503:physiopathology; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000503:physiopathology; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome