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June 30 2009
Original Article
Occupation in spinal cord injury patients in Turkey
A Kurtaran, A Akbal, M Ersöz, B Selçuk, E Yalç
n and M Akyüz
Spinal Cord advance online publication, June 30, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.79
Case Report
Percutaneous enterogastric tube dislodgement in tetraplegics
M J Hess and D K Foo
Spinal Cord advance online publication, June 30, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.66
Letter to the Editor
Sensory anal examination in spinal cord injury
V Rahimi-Movaghar
Spinal Cord advance online publication, June 30, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.85
June 23 2009
Original Articles
Effect of wearing an activity monitor on the amount of daily manual wheelchair propulsion in persons with spinal cord injury
J B J Bussmann, M A Kikkert, T A R Sluis, M P Bergen, H J Stam and H J G van den Berg-Emons
Spinal Cord advance online publication, June 23, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.72
Characteristics of adults with incident traumatic spinal cord injury in Ontario, Canada
C M Couris, S J T Guilcher, S E P Munce, K Fung, B C Craven, M Verrier and S B Jaglal
Spinal Cord advance online publication, June 23, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.77
Rhythms of serum melatonin in rats with acute spinal cord injury at the cervical and thoracic regions
A R Gezici, A Karaka
, R Ergün and B Gündüz
Spinal Cord advance online publication, June 23, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.73
Health care utilization in non-traumatic and traumatic spinal cord injury: a population-based study
S J T Guilcher, S E P Munce, C M Couris, K Fung, B C Craven, M Verrier and S B Jaglal
Spinal Cord advance online publication, June 23, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.78
Patient and caregiver knowledge of severity of injury among youth with spinal cord injury
J Schottler, L Vogel, R S Chafetz and M J Mulcahey
Spinal Cord advance online publication, June 23, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.74
Intensity of pain and biochemical changes in blood plasma in spinal cord trauma
A Yamamotová, T 
rámková and R Rokyta
Spinal Cord advance online publication, June 23, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.71
Letter to the Editor
Assessment of the sympathetic level of lesion in patients with spinal cord injury
C Putz, C H Fürstenberg, M Akbar, H J Gerner, B Wiedenhöfer and R Rupp
Spinal Cord advance online publication, June 23, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.61
June 16 2009
Original Articles
Rehabilitation and future participation of youth following spinal cord injury: caregiver perspectives
L A House, H F Russell, E H Kelly, A Gerson and L C Vogel
Spinal Cord advance online publication, June 16, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.64
Validity and responsiveness of the spinal cord index of function: an instrument on activity level
C Johansson, P Bodin and M Kreuter
Spinal Cord advance online publication, June 16, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.57
A multi-centre study of the community needs of people with spinal cord injuries: the first 18 months
P Kennedy, O Sherlock, M McClelland, D Short, J Royle and C Wilson
Spinal Cord advance online publication, June 16, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.65
Comparison of computed tomographic and magnetic resonance imaging in fracture healing after spinal injury
R Warwick, J M Willatt, B Singhal, J Borremans and T Meagher
Spinal Cord advance online publication, June 16, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.59
Case Reports
Buried bumper syndrome causing rectus abdominis necrosis in a man with tetraplegia
T Johnson, K A Velez and E Zhan
Spinal Cord advance online publication, June 16, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.67
Acute paraplegia in painless aortic dissection. Rich imaging with poor outcome
D Karacostas, G Anthomelides, P Ioannides, K Psaroulis and D Psaroulis
Spinal Cord advance online publication, June 16, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.70
June 9 2009
Review
Spinal cord injury, coping and psychological adjustment: a literature review
Z Chevalier, P Kennedy and O Sherlock
Spinal Cord advance online publication, June 9, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.60
Original Article
Levetiracetam in spinal cord injury pain: a randomized controlled trial
N B Finnerup, J Grydehøj, J Bing, I L Johannesen, F Biering-Sørensen, S H Sindrup and T S Jensen
Spinal Cord advance online publication, June 9, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.55
Case Report
Intramedullary thoracic tuberculoma
Y D Liu, F Y Wang, J M Xu, Y Guan and H Guan
Spinal Cord advance online publication, June 9, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.58
Letter to the Editor
Reply to the Letter to the editor
J G Prévinaire, J M Soler, W El Masri and P Denys
Spinal Cord advance online publication, June 9, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.69
June 2 2009
Original Articles
The feasibility of using auto-titrating continuous positive airway pressure to treat obstructive sleep apnoea after acute tetraplegia
D J Berlowitz, Jo Spong, R J Pierce, J Ross, M Barnes and D J Brown
Spinal Cord advance online publication, June 2, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.56
Autologous mucosal transplant in chronic spinal cord injury: an Indian Pilot Study
H S Chhabra, C Lima, S Sachdeva, A Mittal, V Nigam, D Chaturvedi, M Arora, A Aggarwal, R Kapur and T A H Khan
Spinal Cord advance online publication, June 2, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.54
Urinary incontinence in spinal cord injured individuals 10–45 years after injury
R B Hansen, F Biering-Sørensen and J Kvist Kristensen
Spinal Cord advance online publication, June 2, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.46
Deleterious versus neuroprotective effect of metabolic inhibition after traumatic spinal cord injury
S Torres, H Salgado-Ceballos, G Guizar-Sahagún, J L Torres, S Orozco-Suarez, A Diaz-Ruiz, M E Vázquez, C Collado and C Ríos
Spinal Cord advance online publication, June 2, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.27
May 26 2009
Original Article
Is determination between complete and incomplete traumatic spinal cord injury clinically relevant? Validation of the ASIA sacral sparing criteria in a prospective cohort of 432 patients
J J van Middendorp, A J F Hosman, M H Pouw, EM-SCI Study Group and H Van de Meent
Spinal Cord advance online publication, May 26, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.44
May 19 2009
Case Report
Locomotor–respiratory synchronization after body weight supported treadmill training in incomplete tetraplegia: a case report
M F B Sherman, T Lam and A W Sheel
Spinal Cord advance online publication, May 19, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.50
May 12 2009
Original Article
Pattern of sports- and recreation-related spinal cord injuries in Beijing
C Ye, T Sun, J Li and F Zhang
Spinal Cord advance online publication, May 12, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.49
Case Report
Hardware failure and spinal pseudoarthrosis causing autonomic dysreflexia: a report of two cases
R S Li Pi Shan, A G Linassi, A K Dzus and A Woo
Spinal Cord advance online publication, May 12, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.51
May 5 2009
Original Article
Co-occurring medical and mental illness and substance use disorders among veteran clinic users with spinal cord injury patients with complexities
R Banerjea, P A Findley, B Smith, T Findley and U Sambamoorthi
Spinal Cord advance online publication, May 5, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.42
Letter to the Editor
Position statement on the sale of unproven cellular therapies for spinal cord injury The International Campaign for Cures of Spinal Cord Injury Paralysis
A Blight, A Curt, J F Ditunno, B Dobkin, P Ellaway, J Fawcett, M Fehlings, R G Grossman, D P Lammertse, A Privat, J Steeves, M Tuszynski, M Kalichman and J D Guest
Spinal Cord advance online publication, May 5, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2008.179
April 28 2009
Original Article
Comparison of depression, anxiety and stress in persons with traumatic and non-traumatic post-acute spinal cord injury
C E Migliorini, P W New and B J Tonge
Spinal Cord advance online publication, April 28, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.43
Case Report
Sonographic measurement of diaphragm movement in patients with tetraplegia
F Hardy, J Walker and T Sawyer
Spinal Cord advance online publication, April 28, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.45
April 21 2009
Review
Outcome measures in spinal cord injury: recent assessments and recommendations for future directions
M S Alexander, K D Anderson, F Biering-Sorensen, A R Blight, R Brannon, T N Bryce, G Creasey, A Catz, A Curt, W Donovan, J Ditunno, P Ellaway, N B Finnerup, D E Graves, B A Haynes, A W Heinemann, A B Jackson, M V Johnston, C Z Kalpakjian, N Kleitman, A Krassioukov, K Krogh, D Lammertse, S Magasi, M J Mulcahey, B Schurch, A Sherwood, J D Steeves, S Stiens, D S Tulsky, H J A van Hedel and G Whiteneck
Spinal Cord advance online publication, April 21, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.18
Original Article
Control of a neuroprosthesis for grasping using off-line classification of electrocorticographic signals: case study
C Márquez-Chin, M R Popovic, T Cameron, A M Lozano and R Chen
Spinal Cord advance online publication, April 21, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.41
April 14 2009
Original Articles
Deep vein thrombosis in acute spinal cord injury
N K Agarwal and N Mathur
Spinal Cord advance online publication, April 14, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.37
Attitudes towards the older patients with spinal cord injury among registered nurses: a cross-sectional observational study
J C Furlan, B C Craven, R Ritchie, L Coukos and M G Fehlings
Spinal Cord advance online publication, April 14, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.23
Walking ability at discharge from inpatient rehabilitation in a cohort of non-traumatic spinal cord injury patients
R N Sturt, A E Holland and P W New
Spinal Cord advance online publication, April 14, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.36
April 7 2009
Review
Pressure ulcer risk factors in persons with spinal cord injury Part 2: the chronic stage
A Gélis, A Dupeyron, P Legros, C Benaïm, J Pelissier and C Fattal
Spinal Cord advance online publication, April 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.32
Original Articles
Incidence of traumatic spinal cord injury in Thessaloniki, Greece and Stockholm, Sweden: a prospective population-based study
A Divanoglou and R Levi
Spinal Cord advance online publication, April 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.28
Lowering body mass index cutoffs better identifies obese persons with spinal cord injury
G E Laughton, A C Buchholz, K A Martin Ginis and R E Goy The SHAPE SCI Research Group
Spinal Cord advance online publication, April 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.33
A modified ferric tannate method for visualizing a blood vessel and its usage in the study of spinal cord injury
X-F Shen, Y Zhao, Y-K Zhang, L-Y Jia and G Ju
Spinal Cord advance online publication, April 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.30
Case Report
Traumatic spinal-cord herniation associated with pseudomeningocele after lower-thoracic nerve-root avulsion
K Ijiri, K Hida, S Yano, S Komiya and Y Iwasaki
Spinal Cord advance online publication, April 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.38
Letter to the Editor
Levels of testosterone and gonadotrophins in men with long-standing tetraplegia
M Cakir
Spinal Cord advance online publication, April 7, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.39
March 31 2009
Original Articles
Differential gene expression and alternative splicing of survivin following mouse sciatic nerve injury
S Amiri, M Movahedin, S J Mowla, Z Hajebrahimi and M Tavallaei
Spinal Cord advance online publication, March 31, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.26
Stem cells in the treatment of chronic spinal cord injury: evaluation of somatosensitive evoked potentials in 39 patients
A F Cristante, T E P Barros-Filho, N Tatsui, A Mendrone, J G Caldas, A Camargo, A Alexandre, W G J Teixeira, R P Oliveira and R M Marcon
Spinal Cord advance online publication, March 31, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.24
The incidence and management of tolerance in intrathecal baclofen therapy
H W Heetla, M J Staal, C Kliphuis and T van Laar
Spinal Cord advance online publication, March 31, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.34
Artificial disc versus spinal fusion in the treatment of cervical spine degenerations in tetraplegics: a comparison of clinical results
K Röhl and F Röhrich
Spinal Cord advance online publication, March 31, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.31
Case Report
Malpositioned spinal instrument as a possible cause of superficial siderosis
T Aoyama, K Hida, S Yano, M Kawabori, M Iwasaki and Y Iwasaki
Spinal Cord advance online publication, March 31, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.35
March 24 2009
Case Report
Injury of an aberrant vertebral artery during a routine corpectomy: a case report and literature review
M S Eskander, P J Connolly, J P Eskander and D D Brooks
Spinal Cord advance online publication, March 24, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.29
March 17 2009
Original Articles
The efficacy of alpha-tocopherol in functional recovery of spinal cord injured rats: an experimental study
M S I Al Jadid, A Robert and S Al-Mubarak
Spinal Cord advance online publication, March 17, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.22
Body composition assessment in athletes with spinal cord injury: comparison of field methods with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
M C Mojtahedi, R J Valentine and E M Evans
Spinal Cord advance online publication, March 17, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.20
March 10 2009
Original Articles
Relationship between gut-specific autonomic testing and bowel dysfunction in spinal cord injury patients
A V Emmanuel, E A L Chung, M A Kamm and F Middleton
Spinal Cord advance online publication, March 10, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.14
Health system factors associated with rehospitalizations after traumatic spinal cord injury: a population-based study
S B Jaglal, S E P Munce, S J Guilcher, C M Couris, K Fung, B C Craven and M Verrier
Spinal Cord advance online publication, March 10, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.9
Patient and caregiver knowledge of autonomic dysreflexia among youth with spinal cord injury
J Schottler, L Vogel, R Chafetz and M J Mulcahey
Spinal Cord advance online publication, March 10, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.12
March 3 2009
Original Articles
Transplantation and repair: Combined cell implantation and chondroitinase delivery prevents deterioration of bladder function in rats with complete spinal cord injury
K Fouad, D D Pearse, W Tetzlaff and R Vavrek
Spinal Cord advance online publication, March 3, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.10
Risk of mortality after spinal cord injury: relationship with social support, education, and income
J S Krause and R E Carter
Spinal Cord advance online publication, March 3, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.15
Risk of hospitalizations after spinal cord injury: relationship with biographical, injury, educational, and behavioral factors
J S Krause and L L Saunders
Spinal Cord advance online publication, March 3, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.16
February 24 2009
Original Article
Bloodstream infections and setting of onset in persons with spinal cord injury and disorder
C T Evans, R C Hershow, A Chin, P R Foulis, S P Burns and F M Weaver
Spinal Cord advance online publication, February 24, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.2
February 17 2009
Original Articles
Spinal cord and brain injury protection: testing concept for a protective device
J R Engsberg, J W Standeven, T L Shurtleff, J M Tricamo and W M Landau
Spinal Cord advance online publication, February 17, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.1
Combined motor- and somatosensory-evoked potential monitoring for spine and spinal cord surgery: correlation of clinical and neurophysiological data in 85 consecutive procedures FREE
S J Hyun, S C Rhim, J K Kang, S H Hong and B R G Park
Spinal Cord advance online publication, February 17, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.11
Patellar tendon reflex as a predictor of improving motor paralysis in complete paralysis due to cervical cord injury
K Morishita, Y Kasai, T Ueta, K Shiba, K Akeda and A Uchida
Spinal Cord advance online publication, February 17, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2009.8
February 3 2009
Original Article
Intra-rater agreement of the anorectal exam and classification of injury severity in children with spinal cord injury
L Vogel, A Samdani, R Chafetz, J Gaughan, R Betz and M J Mulcahey
Spinal Cord advance online publication, February 3, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2008.180
January 27 2009
Original Article
Properties and outcomes of spinal rehabilitation units in four countries
Y Fromovich-Amit, F Biering-Sørensen, V Baskov, A Juocevicius, H V Hansen, I Gelernter, J Hart, A Baskov, O Dreval, P Teres
and A Catz
Spinal Cord advance online publication, January 27, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2008.178
Case Report
Progression of spinal cord atrophy by traumatic or inflammatory myelopathy in the pediatric patients: case series
M S Bang and S J Kim
Spinal Cord advance online publication, January 27, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2008.175
January 20 2009
Original Article
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry overestimates bone mineral density of the lumbar spine in persons with spinal cord injury
W A Bauman, E Schwartz, I S Y Song, S Kirshblum, C Cirnigliaro, N Morrison and A M Spungen
Spinal Cord advance online publication, January 20, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2008.169
January 13 2009
Original Article
Effects of external cues on gait performance in independent ambulatory incomplete spinal cord injury patients
S Amatachaya, M Keawsutthi, P Amatachaya and N Manimmanakorn
Spinal Cord advance online publication, January 13, 2009; doi:10.1038/sc.2008.168
