Recovery after traumatic thoracic- and lumbar spinal cord injury: the neurological level of injury matters.
Eveline M J R BrouwersHenk van de MeentArmin CurtDoris D MaierRainer F AbelNorbert WeidnerRϋediger RuppJiri KrizAnton F J de HaanJohn K KramerAllard J F HosmanRonald H M A Bartelsnull nullPublished in: Spinal cord (2020)
Difference in recovery between patients with a traumatic paraplegia is based on neurological (motor) recovery. Regardless the ceiling effect in CES patients, patients with a mixed upper and lower motor neuron syndrome (CMS) showed a better recovery compared with patients with a upper motor neuron syndrome (TSCI). These findings enable stratifications of patients with paraplegia according to the level and severity of SCI.