Stover S L
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alabama, School of Medicine, Birmingham 35294.
J Rheumatol Suppl. 1987 Aug;14 Suppl 15:82-9.
National concern about traumatic spinal cord injury almost 2 decades ago led federal authorities to establish the Regional Spinal Injury Care Systems and a common database to study this condition. Thirteen years of collaborative data collection have provided valuable experience and information for the planning of spinal cord injury research. This approach may also apply to other categories of patients who have multiple variables associated with the clinical picture, treatment and outcome, and in whom the demonstration of treatment effectiveness requires longterm studies of large numbers of patients. Certain complications seen in patients with spinal cord injury including heterotopic ossification, joint changes, and dermal fibrosis, may provide models for the understanding of certain bone and collagen diseases.
大约20年前，全国对创伤性脊髓损伤的关注促使联邦当局建立了区域脊髓损伤护理系统和一个共同数据库来研究这种疾病。13年的合作数据收集为脊髓损伤研究的规划提供了宝贵的经验和信息。这种方法也可能适用于其他类别的患者，这些患者的临床表现、治疗和结果存在多个变量，并且证明治疗效果需要对大量患者进行长期研究。脊髓损伤患者出现的某些并发症，包括异位骨化、关节变化和皮肤纤维化，可能为理解某些骨骼和胶原疾病提供模型。
