Análise dos valores de composição corporal em homens com diferentes níveis de lesão medular by Frederico Ribeiro Neto, Guilherme Henrique Ramos Lopes

“…MATERIAIS E MÉTODOS: Setenta e quatro pacientes homens com LM, de 18 a 52 anos, foram divididos em tetraplegia (TT - C4 a C8), paraplegia alta (PPa - T1 a T6) e paraplegia baixa (PPb - T7 a L3). …”
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Stercoral Ulcer Presenting in a Patient with Cauda Equina Syndrome Secondary to Postoperative Epidural Hematoma by Min-Seok Kang, In-Seok Son, Suk-Ha Lee, Tae-Hoon Kim

“…After urgent neural decompression, she gradually recovered from the saddle anesthesia, leg pain, and paraplegia over 3 weeks. Thereafter, the patient suddenly developed massive hematochezia and hemorrhagic shock. …”
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Estimating the incidence of traumatic spinal cord injuries in Switzerland: use of administrative data to identify potential coverage error in a cohort study by Jonviea D. Chamberlain, Elias Ronca, Martin W.G. Brinkhof

“…Severity of spinal cord injury was characterised by lesion level (paraplegia or tetraplegia) and lesion completeness (complete or incomplete). …”
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A novel compound heterozygous SPG7 variant is associated with progressive spastic ataxia and persecutory delusions found in Chinese patients: two case reports by Shan Wang, Yaye Wang, Yue Wu, Jinru Zhang, Weilin Zhang, Chang Li, Xueqin Song

“…Abstract Background Hereditary spastic paraplegia 7 (SPG7) is one of the subtypes of autosomal-recessive hereditary spastic paraplegia, which is a clinically heterogeneous neurodegenerative disorder. …”
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Do lumbar intervertebral disc parameters in patients with chronic low back pain differ quantitatively from healthy individuals? A comparative study by Roop Singh, Pradeep Kumar, Jitendra Wadhwani, Rohtas Kumar Yadav, Svareen Kaur, Harshil Deep Singh

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Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation Enhances Quadriceps Motor Evoked Potential in Healthy Participants: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Study by Álvaro Megía-García, Diego Serrano-Muñoz, Julian Taylor, Juan Avendaño-Coy, Natalia Comino-Suárez, Julio Gómez-Soriano

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Novel <em>MAG</em> Variant Causes Cerebellar Ataxia with Oculomotor Apraxia: Molecular Basis and Expanded Clinical Phenotype by Mariana Santos, Joana Damásio, Célia Kun-Rodrigues, Clara Barbot, Jorge Sequeiros, José Brás, Isabel Alonso, Rita Guerreiro

“…Homozygous variants in <i>MAG</i>, encoding myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG), have been associated with complicated forms of hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP). MAG is a glycoprotein member of the immunoglobulin superfamily, expressed by myelination cells. …”
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Ageing, functioning patterns and their environmental determinants in the spinal cord injury (SCI) population: A comparative analysis across eleven European countries implementing t... by Carla Sabariego, Cristina Ehrmann, Jerome Bickenbach, Diana Pacheco Barzallo, Annelie Schedin Leiulfsrud, Vegard Strøm, Rutger Osterthun, Piotr Tederko, Vanessa Seijas, Inge Eriks-Hoogland, Marc Le Fort, Miguel A. Gonzalez Viejo, Andrea Bökel, Daiana Popa, Yannis Dionyssiotis, Alessio Baricich, Alvydas Juocevicius, Paolo Amico, Gerold Stucki

“…<h4>Results</h4> In countries with representative samples older chronological age was consistently associated with a decline in functioning for paraplegia but not for tetraplegia. Age at injury and functioning level were associated, but patterns differed across countries. …”
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Neurological morbidity in vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis in Brazil from 1989 up to 1995 Morbidade neurológica em poliomielite paralítica pós vacinal no Brasil de 1989 a... by Elza Dias-Tosta, Carlos Santos Kückelhaus

“…The clinical pattern in 60 days was: monoplegia (16), paraplegia (6), tetraplegia (5), hemiplegia (2) and triplegia (1). …”
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Adult-onset combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency type 14 manifests as epileptic status: a new phenotype and literature review by Xu Zhang, Feng Xiang, Desheng Li, Fei Yang, Shengyuan Yu, Xiangqing Wang

“…Results Approximately 58 subjects with disease-causing variants of FARS2 have been reported, including 31 cases of early onset epileptic encephalopathy, 16 cases of hereditary spastic paraplegia, 3 cases of juvenile-onset epilepsy, and 8 cases of unknown phenotype. …”
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Ageing, functioning patterns and their environmental determinants in the spinal cord injury (SCI) population: A comparative analysis across eleven European countries implementing t... by Carla Sabariego, Cristina Ehrmann, Jerome Bickenbach, Diana Pacheco Barzallo, Annelie Schedin Leiulfsrud, Vegard Strøm, Rutger Osterthun, Piotr Tederko, Vanessa Seijas, Inge Eriks-Hoogland, Marc Le Fort, Miguel A Gonzalez Viejo, Andrea Bökel, Daiana Popa, Yannis Dionyssiotis, Alessio Baricich, Alvydas Juocevicius, Paolo Amico, Gerold Stucki

“…<h4>Results</h4>In countries with representative samples older chronological age was consistently associated with a decline in functioning for paraplegia but not for tetraplegia. Age at injury and functioning level were associated, but patterns differed across countries. …”
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Carcinoma Embrionário de Mediastino Posterior com Metástase Pulmonar: Relato de Caso by Flávia Adrianne de Castro Grello, Adrielly Elane Sousa Maia, Katiane da Costa Cunha

“…Após a quimioterapia, houve diminuição do volume tumoral, porém, seguiu com a paraplegia de membros inferiores em razão da compressão nervosa. …”
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Is There a New Road to Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation? A Case Report about the Effects of Driving a Go-Kart on Muscle Spasticity by Giacomo Farì, Maurizio Ranieri, Riccardo Marvulli, Laura Dell’Anna, Annatonia Fai, Lucrezia Tognolo, Andrea Bernetti, Laura Caforio, Marisa Megna, Ernesto Losavio

“…Background: Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is a neurological disorder that causes a traumatic anatomical discontinuity of the spinal cord. SCI can lead to paraplegia, spastic, or motor impairments. Go-karting for people with SCI is an adapted sport that is becoming increasingly popular. …”
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Abscesso subdural ao nível da cauda equina: relato de um caso by Antonio Cesar G. Borges, Rodinei R. Festugato

“…É relatada a observação de um paciente de 42 anos, com paraplegia flácida devida a abscesso subdural ao nível da cauda equina. …”
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Spontaneous thoracolumbar spinal cord infarction: report of six cases. by Monteiro, L, Leite, I, Pinto, J, Stocker, A

“…In all patients, the clinical picture was stereotyped: sudden onset of paraplegia and bilateral radicular pain, dissociated sensory loss below the level of infarction and sphincter dysfunction. …”

Adenocarcinoma in a Koff Urinary Ileal Diversion by Bradley Sherman, Frederick Taylor

“…We present a 76yo female with a history of neurogenic bladder secondary to paraplegia who underwent the formation of a “Koff” pouch as a conduit. …”
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Phosphatidylethanolamine homeostasis under conditions of impaired CDP-ethanolamine pathway or phosphatidylserine decarboxylation by Michaela St Germain, Roya Iraji, Marica Bakovic

“…Recently, multiple genetic disorders that impact these pathways have been identified, including hereditary spastic paraplegia 81 and 82, Liberfarb syndrome, and a new type of childhood-onset neurodegeneration-CONATOC. …”
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Not to Miss: Intronic Variants, Treatment, and Review of the Phenotypic Spectrum in <i>VPS13D</i>-Related Disorder by Martje G. Pauly, Norbert Brüggemann, Stephanie Efthymiou, Anne Grözinger, Sokhna Haissatou Diaw, Viorica Chelban, Valentina Turchetti, Barbara Vona, Vera Tadic, Henry Houlden, Alexander Münchau, Katja Lohmann

“…The second patient carries the same non-canonical splice site variant in the homozygous state and is affected by late-onset spastic paraplegia. We confirmed altered splicing as a result of the intronic variants and demonstrated disturbed mitochondrial integrity. …”
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A Prospective Study to Evaluate the Clinical and Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) Correlation in Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation with Radiculopathy by Roop Singh, Neeraj Khare, Shalini Aggarwal, Mantu Jain, Svareen Kaur, Harshil Deep Singh

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Gangliosides as Therapeutic Targets for Neurodegenerative Diseases by Orhan Kerim Inci, Hande Basırlı, Melike Can, Selman Yanbul, Volkan Seyrantepe

“…Enzymes required for the biosynthesis of gangliosides are linked to several devastating neurological disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD), Huntington’s disease (HD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP). In this review, we summarized not only the critical roles of biosynthetic enzymes and their inhibitors in ganglioside metabolism but also the efficacy of treatment strategies of ganglioside to address their significance in those diseases.…”
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