Partial cure of spinal cord injury achieved by 6 to 13 months of coordination dynamic therapy

Electromyogr Clin Neurophysiol. 2003 Jul-Aug;43(5):281-92.

Abstract

Four patients with a spinal cord injury between sub C4/5 and L3/4 underwent coordination dynamics therapy for 6 to 13 months. One patient with an incomplete spinal cord lesion was cured, two patients with clinically complete injuries were partly cured, and one patient with a complete spinal injury sub L3/4 became incomplete but showed only comparably little progress. Of 3 patients with urinary bladder problems, only one patient has shown substantial improvement in bladder function so far. In one patient re-innervation of leg muscles could be documented by continuously measured coordination dynamics.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Child
  • Exercise Therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / physiopathology
  • Male
  • Nerve Net / physiopathology
  • Psychomotor Performance / physiology*
  • Spinal Cord Injuries / physiopathology*
  • Spinal Cord Injuries / therapy*
  • Thoracic Vertebrae / physiopathology
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome