Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Xuan Wu Hospital, Capital Medical University, 45 Chang Chun Street, Beijing, 100053, People's Republic of China.
Acta Neurol Belg. 2021 Feb;121(1):37-46. doi: 10.1007/s13760-020-01507-y. Epub 2020 Sep 28.
Cognitive impairment is highly prevalent in the population with spinal cord injury (SCI) and exerts a significant impact on functional independence and quality of life in this population. A number of neuroscientists have conducted preliminary investigations of cognitive deficits after SCI, but achieved marginally contradictory results due to some limitations such as the heterogeneity in the sample population, sample size, types of tests utilized, study design, and time since SCI. Therefore, this review mainly focuses on the characteristics, assessments, potential causality and treatment of cognitive impairment for better understanding such deficits in the SCI population.
认知障碍在脊髓损伤（SCI）患者中非常普遍，对该人群的功能独立性和生活质量有重大影响。许多神经科学家对 SCI 后的认知缺陷进行了初步研究，但由于样本人群、样本量、使用的测试类型、研究设计和 SCI 后时间等方面的一些限制，得出的结果略有矛盾。因此，本综述主要关注认知障碍的特征、评估、潜在因果关系和治疗，以更好地了解 SCI 人群中的这些缺陷。
