Chay Wesley, Kirshblum Steven
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Shepherd Center, 2020 Peachtree Road, NW, Atlanta, GA 30309, USA; Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA; Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA.
Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. 2020 Aug;31(3):331-343. doi: 10.1016/j.pmr.2020.03.003. Epub 2020 May 26.
The aim of this article is to provide an overview of prognosis and outcomes after spinal cord injury (SCI), including variables that have an impact on neurologic assessment, extent and time frame of natural recovery, specific factors having an impact on prognosis of ambulation, the role of imaging and modalities for assessing the injured spinal cord, and strategies on presenting information to patients and families. The ability to predict outcome after spinal cord injury is important not only for individuals who sustained traumatic SCI and their families but also for rehabilitation professionals and researchers.
本文旨在概述脊髓损伤（SCI）后的预后和结果，包括对神经学评估有影响的变量、自然恢复的程度和时间框架、对步行预后有影响的特定因素、用于评估受损脊髓的影像学和方式的作用，以及向患者及其家属提供信息的策略。预测脊髓损伤后结果的能力不仅对遭受创伤性脊髓损伤的个人及其家属很重要，对康复专业人员和研究人员也很重要。
