Cervical Spinal Cord Injury

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Highlighted claims

• Upper limb impairment after cervical spinal cord injury strongly affects independence and quality of life. — Central and peripheral neuroplasticity in cervical spinal cord injury following intensive upper limb motor training: a randomised controlled trial protocol
• Cervical spinal cord injury can disrupt both descending and ascending neural pathways and damage upper and lower motor neurons. — Central and peripheral neuroplasticity in cervical spinal cord injury following intensive upper limb motor training: a randomised controlled trial protocol
• Early biological responses after spinal cord injury include inflammation, demyelination, and neuronal and glial cell death. — Central and peripheral neuroplasticity in cervical spinal cord injury following intensive upper limb motor training: a randomised controlled trial protocol
• Later compensatory mechanisms may include unmasking latent spared-pathway connections and promoting axonal sprouting. — Central and peripheral neuroplasticity in cervical spinal cord injury following intensive upper limb motor training: a randomised controlled trial protocol
• Motor neurons farther from the lesion may initially be spared but later undergo transsynaptic degeneration after altered supraspinal input. — Central and peripheral neuroplasticity in cervical spinal cord injury following intensive upper limb motor training: a randomised controlled trial protocol