title: Characteristics and rehabilitation for patients with spinal cord stab injury.
abstract: [Purpose] The objective of the study was to compare the incidence, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of patients with spinal cord stab injury to those with the more common spinal cord contusion injury. [Subjects] Of patients hospitalized in China Rehabilitation Research Center from 1994 to 2014, 40 of those having a spinal cord stab injury and 50 with spinal cord contusion were selected. [Methods] The data of all patients were analyzed retrospectively. The cases were evaluated by collecting admission and discharge ASIA (American Spinal Injury Association) and ADL (activity of daily living) scores. [Results] After a comprehensive rehabilitation program, ASIA and ADL scores of patients having both spinal cord stab injury and spinal cord contusion significantly increase. However, the increases were noted to be higher in patients having a spinal cord stab injury than those having spinal cord contusion. [Conclusion] Comprehensive rehabilitation is effective both for patients having spinal cord stab injury and those with spinal cord contusion injury. However, the prognosis of patients having spinal cord stab injury is better than that of patients with spinal cord contusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Spine and Spinal Cord Injury, Beijing Bo'ai Hospital, China Rehabilitation Research Center, China; School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University, China.
authors.forename: Fangyong
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Spine and Spinal Cord Injury, Beijing Bo'ai Hospital, China Rehabilitation Research Center, China; School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University, China.
authors.forename: Junwei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Spine and Spinal Cord Injury, Beijing Bo'ai Hospital, China Rehabilitation Research Center, China; School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University, China.
authors.forename: Hehu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Department of Spine and Spinal Cord Injury, Beijing Bo'ai Hospital, China Rehabilitation Research Center, China; School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University, China.
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Spine and Spinal Cord Injury, Beijing Bo'ai Hospital, China Rehabilitation Research Center, China; School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University, China.
authors.forename: Shudong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Spine and Spinal Cord Injury, Beijing Bo'ai Hospital, China Rehabilitation Research Center, China; School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University, China.
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.affiliation: Department of Spine and Spinal Cord Injury, Beijing Bo'ai Hospital, China Rehabilitation Research Center, China; School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University, China.
authors.forename: Shujia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Spine and Spinal Cord Injury, Beijing Bo'ai Hospital, China Rehabilitation Research Center, China; School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University, China.
authors.forename: Shizheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Spine and Spinal Cord Injury, Beijing Bo'ai Hospital, China Rehabilitation Research Center, China; School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University, China.
authors.forename: Jiesheng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Spine and Spinal Cord Injury, Beijing Bo'ai Hospital, China Rehabilitation Research Center, China; School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Capital Medical University, China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hong
keywords: Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury; Stab injury
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