Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T15:04:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Maria Auxiliadora Gomes de Mello.pdf: 607048 bytes, checksum: 5fbc949c78852566850928bda527f423 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-02-23 / The nursery role next to people with acute spinal cord injury is of great reaching, and it requires knowledge from the professionals faced to the features of that population. The nursing diagnosis (ND) knowledge that occurs on that group of people can help on more efficient introducing of nursing systems. Facing the exposed above, it emerges the need of knowing the diagnosis profile of that population. It is about a descriptive study of the quantitative approaching and aims: 1 - to analyze the nursing diagnosis profile of North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA), identified next to acute spinal cord injury carriers using Orem Model. 2 To analyze the relation of identified nursing diagnosis numbers with the variables: age, sex, income, marital status and level of scholarship of the person with acute spinal cord injury, etiology, level and extent of the injury, lead time of the injury, existence of a daycare, sex and degree of kinship of the daycare. 3 to analyze the relation of the identified nursing diagnosis with those variables. To the data collection, it was made interviews, physical exam and consulting to the patient files. In the ND developing it was realized the process of rational thought process proposed by Helland and the Taxonomy II of NANDA. 30 patients with acute spinal cord injury participated on the sample, independent from the gender, attended in the ambulatory of triage of a rehabilitation center of Goiás state, from November 2005 to December 2006, who agreed to take part in the research signing the informed consent , 73.3% of the patients were male, the medium age was 32.6 years old (± 10,29). The average time of the injury was 162 days (±369,9), 28 of the cases presented traumatic injury, and 16 presented complete spinal cord injury. From these ones, 16.7% were not literate. The familiar income varied from 0 to 5 minimum wages. 61 different nursing diagnoses were found, with a sum of 734 happenings, and the average was 24.46 ND per person. The most affected requirement of universal long term care was the one about prevention of dangerous to the life function and to the well- being of humans, with 20 ND and 318 happenings. The number of identified nursing diagnosis didn t present any link with the variables age, sex, income, marital status and scholarship of the person with acute spinal cord injury, etiology, level and extent of the injury, lead time of the injury, existence of the daycare, sex and degree of kinship of the daycare, to the studied sample. The variables with highest number of association with ND were: level of the injury that presented association statistically meaningful with ND impaired walking (p = 0.009); useless control of the therapeutic regime (p = 0.034); lack of care about feeding (p = 0.0006); lack of care about oral hygiene (p = 0.004); impaired physical mobility (p = 0.034); ineffective protection (p = 0.014); and risk for impaired home maintenance (p = 0.015), and the variable extent of the injury that presented association statistically meaningful with ND impaired walking (p = 0.007); sexual dysfunction (p = 0.005), intestinal incontinent (p = 0.033); total urinary incontinent (p = 0.0006); infection (p= 0.024); tissue integrity impaired (p = 0.16); ineffective protection (p = 0.0004); risk for peripheral neurovascular dysfunction (p = 0.002) and risk for musculoskeletal inactivity (p = 0.015). We hope the results of this research can contribute to the grounding of professional practice and to a better nursing assistance to acute spinal cord injury patients. / A atuação do enfermeiro junto a pessoas com lesão medular é de grande abrangência, e requer dos profissionais conhecimentos voltados às características dessa população. O conhecimento dos Diagnósticos de Enfermagem (DE) que ocorrem nesse grupo de pessoas poderá auxiliar na implementação de sistemas de enfermagem mais eficazes. Frente ao exposto, emerge a necessidade conhecer o perfil diagnóstico dessa população. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo de abordagem quantitativa e teve como objetivos: 1-Analisar o perfil de diagnósticos de enfermagem da North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) identificados junto a portadores de lesão medular usando o Modelo de Orem. 2-Analisar a relação do número de diagnósticos de enfermagem identificados, com as variáveis: idade, sexo, renda, estado civil e escolaridade da pessoa com lesão medular, etiologia, nível e grau da lesão, tempo decorrido da lesão, existência de cuidador, sexo e grau de parentesco do cuidador. 3 Analisar a relação dos diagnósticos de enfermagem identificados, com essas variáveis. Para a coleta de dados foram realizadas entrevistas, exame físico e consulta ao prontuário. Na elaboração dos DE foi realizado o processo de raciocínio diagnóstico proposto por Helland e a Taxonomia II da NANDA Participaram da amostra 30 pacientes com LM, independente do gênero, atendidos no ambulatório de triagem de um centro de reabilitação do estado de Goiás, entre Novembro de 2005 a Dezembro de 2006, que concordaram em participar da pesquisa assinando o termo de consentimento livre e esclarecido, sendo 73,3 % do sexo masculino, média de idade de 32,6 anos (± 10,29). O tempo médio de lesão foi de 162 dias (±369,9). A lesão foi traumática em 28 dos casos, 16 apresentaram lesões completas da medula espinhal. Destes, 16,7 % não eram alfabetizados. A renda familiar variou de zero até 5 SM. Foram identificados 61 diferentes diagnósticos de enfermagem, com um total de 734 ocorrências, sendo a média de 24,46 DE por pessoa. O requisito de autocuidado universal mais afetado, foi o de prevenção de perigos para a vida funcionamento e bem-estar humanos, com 20 DE e 318 ocorrências. O número de diagnósticos de enfermagem identificados não apresentou associação com as variáveis idade, sexo, renda, estado civil e escolaridade da pessoa com lesão medular, etiologia, nível e grau da lesão, tempo decorrido da lesão, existência de cuidador, sexo e grau de parentesco do cuidador, para a amostra estudada. As variáveis com maior número de associação com os DE foram: nível da lesão que apresentou associação estatisticamente significativa com os DE deambulação prejudicada (p = 0,009); controle ineficaz do regime terapêutico (p = 0,034); déficit no autocuidado para alimentação (p= 0,0006); déficit no autocuidado para higiene oral (p = 0,004); mobilidade física prejudicada (p = 0,034); proteção ineficaz (0,014) e risco de manutenção do lar prejudicada (0,015)., e a variável grau da lesão que apresentou associação estatisticamente significativa com os DE deambulação prejudicada (p = 0,007); disfunção sexual (p= 0,005), incontinência intestinal (p = 0,033); incontinência urinária total (p = 0,0006); infecção (p = 0,024); integridade tissular prejudicada (p=0,16); proteção ineficaz (p = 0,0004); risco de disfunção neurovascular periférica (p = 0,002) e risco de síndrome do desuso (p = 0,015). Esperamos que os resultados desta pesquisa possam contribuir para fundamentação da prática profissional e para a melhor assistência de enfermagem aos portadores de lesão medular

A lesão medular (LM) promove uma condição devastadora que resulta em déficits sensorial e motor, impedindo o desempenho funcional do indivíduo. Modelos experimentais de lesão medular têm sido utilizados na investigação do funcionamento do sistema sensório-motor e da reorganização promovida por meio de tratamentos, podendo corroborar com aplicações clínicas atuais e futuras. Este trabalho tem como objetivos verificar a recuperação funcional e a dinâmica da reorganização cortical do sistema sensório-motor de ratos Wistar lesados medulares submetidos a treinamento motor. 17 ratos foram divididos aleatoriamente em três grupos: treinado (n = 6), controle (n = 7) e sham (n = 4). Todos os animais receberam um implante de matriz de 32 micro-elétrodos no córtex sensório-motor. Os animais do grupo treinado e controle foram submetidos à LM contusa e os do grupo sham somente ao procedimento cirúrgico sem a LM. Foram realizadas as avaliações comportamentais motoras, de dor neuropática (alodínea e hiperalgesia mecânica), de dor térmica e eletrofisiológica antes da LM e nos 1º, 3º, 5º, 7º, 14º, 21º, 28º, 35º, 42º, 49º e 56º dias pós-operatórios (dPO) da lesão. O grupo treinado realizou treinamento motor em uma esteira com velocidade controlada, tendo início no 5º dPO e foi realizado por 15 minutos, cinco vezes na semana até o final do experimento. Os outros dois grupos ficaram sem treinamento. No 57º dPO, os animais foram sacrificados, e as medulas espinhais e os encéfalos foram coletados para análise histológica. Os resultados mostraram melhora motora significativa do grupo treinado em relação ao controle. Ao final do experimento, os animais treinados foram capazes de realizar passos plantares coordenados consistentes de forma independente. Ambos os grupos lesados apresentaram alodínea após a LM, mas somente o controle apresentou aumento da dor mecânica. Os dados eletrofisiológicos revelaram alterações na atividade cortical sensório-motora no 1º dPO e ao longo do tempo. Foi identificado que o aumento da potência da banda beta contribuiu para a melhora motora do grupo treinado e o aumento da potência delta contribuiu para a recuperação motora limitada do grupo controle. Na análise histológica os grupos não diferiram em relação ao tamanho da lesão, mas foi identificada uma diminuição significativa dos neurônios do corno ventral da medula espinhal, no segmento caudal à lesão para os animais controles. O treinamento na esteira potencializou a recuperação funcional e parece ter facilitado a reorganização do córtex sensório-motor após a lesão. Esses resultados podem servir de base para futuras aplicações clínicas em pacientes lesados medulares / Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in a devastating condition, which leads to motor and sensory deficits that impair the injured person functional performance. Spinal cord injury experimental models are used in sensory-motor functioning and reorganization or plasticity promoted by trainings investigation. Thus, these studies can corroborate with current and future clinical approaches. This work aims to verify the functional recovery and the sensorimotor cortical reorganization dynamics in Wistar rats with spinal cord injury submitted to motor training. 17 rats were randomly divided into 3 groups: trained (n = 6), control (n = 7) and sham (n = 4). All animals received a 32 microelectrodes array in the sensorimotor cortex. Control and trained animals were submitted to contusive SCI and the sham group only to the surgical procedure without the contusion. Motor behavior, neuropathic pain (allodynia and mechanical hyperalgesia), thermal pain and electrophysiological assessments were accomplished before SCI and on the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th, 35th, 42nd, 49th and 56th post-operative days (POd). The trained group performed the motor training on a treadmill with controlled speed, starting on the 5th post-operative day and it was done for 15 minutes, five times per week till the end of the experiment. The other two groups did not receive any training. Soon after SCI the animals completely lost the hindlimbs movements. On the 57th POd, the animals were sacrificed and the spinal cords and brains were collected for histological analysis. Results showed significant motor improvement of the trained group. In the end of the experiment, these animals were able to perform consistent coordinated plantar steps on their own. Both injured groups showed allodynia after the SCI, but only the control group presented increased mechanical pain. Electrophysiological data revealed sensorimotor cortical activity changes on the 1st POd and over time. It was indentified that an increase in beta power contributed to the trained group motor improvement and that an increase in delta power contributed to the limited motor recovery of the control group. In the histological analysis the groups did not differ concerning the lesion size, but a significant spinal cord ventral horn neurons decrease in the lesion caudal segment compared to the controlled animals was identified. The treadmill training enhanced functional recovery and seemed to facilitate sensorimotor reorganization after injury. These results can be applied for future clinical interventions in spinal cord injured patients. Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in a devastating condition, which leads to motor and sensory deficits that impair the injured person functional performance. Spinal cord injury experimental models are used in sensory-motor functioning and reorganization or plasticity promoted by trainings investigation. Thus, these studies can corroborate with current and future clinical approaches. This work aims to verify the functional recovery and the sensorimotor cortical reorganization dynamics in Wistar rats with spinal cord injury submitted to motor training. 17 rats were randomly divided into 3 groups: trained (n = 6), control (n = 7) and sham (n = 4). All animals received a 32 microelectrodes array in the sensorimotor cortex. Control and trained animals were submitted to contusive SCI and the sham group only to the surgical procedure without the contusion. Motor behavior, neuropathic pain (allodynia and mechanical hyperalgesia), thermal pain and electrophysiological assessments were accomplished before SCI and on the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th, 35th, 42nd, 49th and 56th post-operative days (POd). The trained group performed the motor training on a treadmill with controlled speed, starting on the 5th post-operative day and it was done for 15 minutes, five times per week till the end of the experiment. The other two groups did not receive any training. Soon after SCI the animals completely lost the hindlimbs movements. On the 57th POd, the animals were sacrificed and the spinal cords and brains were collected for histological analysis. Results showed significant motor improvement of the trained group. In the end of the experiment, these animals were able to perform consistent coordinated plantar steps on their own. Both injured groups showed allodynia after the SCI, but only the control group presented increased mechanical pain. Electrophysiological data revealed sensorimotor cortical activity changes on the 1st POd and over time. It was indentified that an increase in beta power contributed to the trained group motor improvement and that an increase in delta power contributed to the limited motor recovery of the control group. In the histological analysis the groups did not differ concerning the lesion size, but a significant spinal cord ventral horn neurons decrease in the lesion caudal segment compared to the controlled animals was identified. The treadmill training enhanced functional recovery and seemed to facilitate sensorimotor reorganization after injury. These results can be applied for future clinical interventions in spinal cord injured patients

O objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar o efeito da radioterapia na profilaxia da ossificação heterotópica (OH) em pacientes com lesão medular traumática. Foram estudados 19 pacientes (15 homens e quatro mulheres), média de idade de 30,4 ± 10,8 anos (19 a 58 anos), com lesão medular traumática. A causa mais freqüente da lesão medular foi acidente de trânsito (42,1%), seguida por queda (26,3%), ferimento por projétil de arma de fogo (21%), mergulho (5,3%) e queda de objeto sobre as costas (5,3%). Dez pacientes eram tetraplégicos (52,6%) e nove (47,4%) eram paraplégicos. Apresentavam lesão medular completa (Frankel A) 14 pacientes (73,7%) e cinco pacientes (25,3%) tinham lesão incompleta (Frankel B). Todos os pacientes incluídos no estudo realizaram cintilografia óssea inicial até um mês após o traumatismo raquimedular e apresentaram diagnóstico negativo para OH. Os pacientes foram divididos em dois grupos: nove pacientes receberam radioterapia em dose única de 8 Gy nos quadris (Grupo Estudo) e 10 pacientes compuseram o Grupo Controle. Após seis meses de seguimento clínico e radiológico, um paciente do Grupo Estudo (11%) e cinco pacientes do Grupo Controle (50%) apresentaram OH. A distribuição da freqüência do desenvolvimento da OH nos dois grupos não mostrou diferença estatística significante, apesar da menor incidência de OH no grupo submetido à radioterapia (Grupo Estudo). Concluiu-se que, com o número de pacientes estudados, não foi possível comprovar a eficácia da radioterapia na prevenção da ossificação heterotópica, ainda que haja uma forte tendência para a correlação estatística / The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of radiotherapy on the prophylaxis of heterotopic ossification (HO) after spinal cord injury (SCI). Nineteen SCI patients were studied (15 men and four women). The mean age was 30.4 ± 10.8 years (range 19 to 58 years). The most frequent causes of lesion were traffic accident (42.1%), fall (26.3%), shot gun (21%), diving (5.3%) and objects falling on the vertebral column (5.3%). Ten patients were tetraplegics (52.6%) and nine were paraplegics. Fourteen patients (73.7%) had complete lesion (Frankel A) and five had incomplete lesion (Frankel B). All patients realized initial scintigraphy until one month after SCI and showed negative results for HO. The patients were randomized in two groups: nine patients received single dose irradiation with 8 Gy on the hips (Study Group) and 10 patients were the Control Group. After six months of clinical and radiological follow up, one patient of the Study Group (11%) and five patients of Control Group (50%) showed HO. The frequency distribution of the development of HO in both groups showed no significant statistical difference, although there was lower incidence of HO in the radiotherapy group. We concluded that, with the number of patients studied, it was no possible to prove the efficacy of radiotherapy to prevent HO, although had a strong tendency for the statistical correlation

A lesão medular (LM) promove uma condição devastadora que resulta em comprometimentos sensorial e motor, impedindo o desempenho funcional do indivíduo. O entendimento sobre os mecanismos envolvidos na reorganização cortical após uma eficiente estratégia terapêutica pode fornecer informações relevantes para o aprimoramento de tecnologias assistivas, como neuropróteses. Este trabalho teve como objetivos investigar as alterações funcionais e estruturais no córtex sensório-motor de ratos Wistar submetidos à atividade física na esteira após a lesão medular contusa. O objetivo secundário foi investigar a reorganização de outras áreas relacionadas ao comportamento motor, como o estriado, a substância negra e a medula espinhal. 17 ratos foram divididos aleatoriamente em três grupos: treinado (TR, n = 6), controle (CTL, n = 7) e sham (n = 4). Todos os animais receberam um implante de matriz de micro-eletrodos no córtex sensório-motor. Os animais dos grupos TR e CTL foram submetidos à LM contusa e os do grupo sham somente ao procedimento cirúrgico sem a LM. Foi realizada a avaliação eletrofisiológica antes da LM e nos 1º, 3º, 5º, 7º, 14º, 21º, 28º, 35º, 42º, 49º e 56º dias pós-operatórios (dPO) da lesão. O grupo TR realizou treinamento motor em uma esteira com velocidade controlada, tendo início no 5º dPO e foi realizado por 15 minutos, cinco vezes na semana. Os outros dois grupos ficaram sem treinamento. No 57º dPO, os animais foram sacrificados, e as medulas espinhais e os encéfalos foram coletados para análise imunohistoquímica. Os resultados eletrofisiológicos mostraram que houve uma diminuição significativa do número de neurônios corticais registrados ao longo do tempo para os animais com LM; existem neurônios que disparam em função do movimento mesmo após a LM, sendo o número desses neurônios significativamente menor nos animais controles; observou-se um padrão de atividade de potencial de campo local do córtex sensório-motor que antecede a ativação muscular. A análise imunohistoquímica do encéfalo mostrou diminuição significativa da imunoreatividade para o marcador de neurofilamentos no córtex motor do grupo CTL e no estriado para os grupos CTL e TR; no córtex somatossensorial houve aumento significativo desta marcação para o grupo TR; não houve diferença da imunoreatividade entre os grupos para o marcador de neurofilamentos na substância negra e nem para a proteína de vesícula, sinaptofisina, nas diferentes áreas encefálicas. Na medula espinhal verificou-se, na região rostral à lesão, aumento significativo da imunoreatividade para os marcadores de proteína associada ao microtúbulo 2 (MAP2), da sinapsina (SYS) e da proteína glial fibrilar ácida (GFAP) para o grupo TR e diminuição significativa da SYS para o grupo CTL; no segmento central à lesão, houve diminuição significativa da imunoreatividade para os marcadores MAP2 e SYS e aumento significativo para GFAP e OX-42 para os grupos CTL e TR; no segmento caudal à lesão houve diminuição significativa da imunoreatividade para os marcadores GFAP, SYS, MAP2 e OX-42 para o grupo CTL e aumento significativo do marcador MAP2 para o grupo TR. Os resultados obtidos neste trabalho mostram que a atividade física realizada na esteira após a LM é capaz de promover reorganização cortical sensório-motora e medular por meio da neuroproteção e neuroregeneração / Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in a devastating condition, which leads to motor and sensory deficits that impair the injured person functional performance. The understanding about the mechanisms involved in cortical reorganization after an efficient therapeutic strategy can provide relevant information for the improvement of assistive technology, such as neuroprosthesis. This work aimed to investigate the functional and structural changes in the sensorimotor cortex of spinal cord injured Wistar rats, which were submitted to treadmill training. A secondary objective was to investigate the reorganization of other areas related to the movement, such as striatum, substantia nigra and spinal cord. 17 rats were randomly divided into three groups: trained (TR, n = 6), control (CTL, n = 7) and sham (n = 4). All animals received a microelectrodes array in the sensorimotor cortex. Control and trained animals were submitted to contusive SCI and the sham group only to the surgical procedure without the contusion. Electrophysiological assessments were accomplished before SCI and on the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th, 35th, 42nd, 49th and 56th post-operative days (POd). The TR group performed the motor training on a treadmill with controlled speed, starting on the 5th POd and it was done for 15 minutes, five times per week. The other two groups did not receive any training. On the 57th POd, the animals were sacrificed and the spinal cords and brains were collected for immunohistochemistry analysis. Electrophysiological data revealed that there was a significant decrease of the cortical neurons number with time for the injured animals; there was neurons that fire in function of the movement even after the SCI, but the number of these neurons was significant smaller in CTL group; it was observed a pattern of sensorimotor local field potential activation before the muscular activation. Brain immunohistochemistry data showed immunoreactivity significant decrease for neurofilament staining of the CTL motor cortex and CTL and TR striatum; the somatosensory cortex had a significant increase of this maker for TR group; there was no difference between groups for the neurofilament maker in the substantia nigra and neither to the vesicle protein maker, synaptophysin, in the different brain areas. In the spinal cord rostral to the lesion there were significant increase of the immunoreactivity for the microtubule associated protein 2 (MAP2), synapsin (SYS) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) for the TR group and significant decrease of SYS for the CTL group; central to the lesion, there were immunoreactivity significant decrease for the MAP2 and SYS makers and a significant increase for the GFAP and OX-42 makers in CTL and TR groups; and caudal to the lesion, there were immunoreactivity significant decrease for the GFAP, SYS, MAP2 and OX-42 for the CTL group and significant increase of MAP2 maker for the TR group. Together these findings show that the physical activity on a treadmill after spinal cord injury is capable of producing sensorimotor cortex and spinal cord reorganization throughout the neuroprotection and neuroregeneration

Objetivo: Construir e testar a aplicabilidade de um instrumento baseado no Core Set resumido da CIF para lesão medular em indivíduos com etiologia não-traumática. Métodos: Foi realizada uma revisão sistemática para identificarmos as escalas de avaliação funcional que tenham sido aplicadas em indivíduos com paraparesia espástica. Para o desenvolvimento do instrumento utilizamos as descrição das categorias selecionadas para o Core Set resumido de lesão medular traumática crônica e elaboramos perguntas de fácil compreensão e alternativas de respostas descritos com detalhes que satisfizessem os seus qualificadores para guiar a aplicação do instrumento e garantir a reprodutibilidade dos achados. Após esta fase realizamos a aplicação desse instrumento em 40 indivíduos com lesão medular não-traumática (mulheres: 62,5%, média de idade: 44 ± 16 anos). A prevalência de incapacidade em cada uma das categorias da CIF foi definida pela proporção de indivíduos com os qualificadores de 1 a 4. Resultados: Na revisão sistemática identificamos 10 instrumentos de avaliação funcional a usados para paraparesia espástica, dos quais somente a Escala de Osame e a SCIM-III podem ser consideradas específicas para a nossa amostra. Dentre estes instrumentos de avaliação a MIF apresentou maior número de categorias da CIF, a Escala de Osame e o Rankin apresentaram menores números de categorias da CIF e o DEFU-QV foi a escala que continha mais categorias exclusivas. Desenvolvemos um instrumento baseado no Core Set resumido da CIF para lesão medular traumática crônica, contendo 43 perguntas com subitens. O instrumento foi considerado bom e de fácil uso pelos avaliadores, levando em média 45 minutos de aplicação. Os dados foram correlacionados com a Escala de Disfunção Motora Osame (0 - 13 pontos), que foi dicotomizada em dois grupos leve (0 a 4 pontos) e grave (>= 5) para análise. A pontuação média na Escala de Osame foi 5,4 ± 2,2, a SCIM-III apresentou a pontuação média de 83,0 ± 13,0. Indivíduos do grupo grave apresentaram maior frequência de deficiências quando avaliados pelo Core Set de lesão medular, principalmente: funções sexuais, neuromusculoesqueléticas, defecação e dor. A medula espinhal foi a Estrutura do Corpo citada com maior frequência. Nas categorias de Atividades e Participação: todos os indivíduos apresentaram deficiência na utilização de transporte, bem como dificuldade para o uso da mão e do braço, andar, dirigir, deslocar-se, realizar rotina diária, trabalho e lazer. As principais barreiras identificadas referiram-se a condições de ambientes internos e externos, enquanto os principais facilitadores foram os produtos para uso pessoal na vida diária, seguido daqueles usados para mobilidade e transporte pessoal em ambientes interno e externo, família imediata e profissionais de saúde. Conclusão: O instrumento desenvolvido propõe uma forma de aplicar o Core Set de lesão medular crônica. É de fácil compreensão e aplicação pelos profissionais que o utilizaram e foi capaz de diferenciar os indivíduos mais gravemente incapacitados. Tem vantagem de identificar e ponderar o impacto dos Fatores Ambientais / Objective: Building and test the applicability of an instrument based on the brief ICF Core Set for spinal cord injury in patients with non-traumatic etiology. Methods: A systematic review was performed to identify the functional assessment scales that have been applied in individuals with spastic paraparesis. For the development of this instrument, we used the description of the selected categories for the brief Core Set of chronic traumatic spinal cord injury and easy comprehension questions were elaborated along with choices for answers described with enough details in order to satisfy their qualifiers to guide the application of the instrument and ensure the reproducibility of the findings. After this phase we applied this instrument in 40 patients with non-traumatic spinal cord injury (women: 62.5%; mean age: 44 ± 16 years). The proportion of individuals defined the prevalence of disability in each ICF category with the qualifiers from 1 to 4. Results: The systematic review enabled us to identify 10 functional assessment instruments used for spastic paraparesis, of which only Osame Scale and SCIM-III may be considered specific to the sample used herein. Among these evaluation tools MIF presented a higher number of ICF categories, the Osame Scale and Rankin had lower numbers of ICF categories and DEFU-QOL was the scale which contained more exclusive categories. We have developed a tool based on the brief ICF Core Set for chronic traumatic spinal cord injury, containing 43 questions with sub-items. This instrument was considered good and easy to use by the evaluators, taking an average of 45 minutes of application. The data was correlated with Osame Motor Disability Scale (0 - 13 points), which was dichotomized into two groups: mild (0 to 4 points), and severe (>= 5) for analysis purposes. The average score in Osame Scale was 5.4 ± 2.2, and SCIM-III presented an average of 83.0 ± 13.0. Individuals from the severe group presented a greater frequency of disabilities when evaluated by the Core Set of spinal cord injury, mainly: sexual functions, neuromusculoskeletal, defecation and pain. The spinal cord was the Body Structure most frequently cited. In the categories of Activities and Participation, all of the individuals presented limitation to use transportation as well as the use of hand and arm, walking, driving, moving, carrying out daily routine tasks, work and leisure. The main barriers identified were related to the conditions of internal and external environments, while the main facilitators were the products for personal use in daily life, followed by those used for mobility and personal transport in internal and external environments, immediate family and health professionals. Conclusion: The developed instrument proposes a form to apply the Core Set of chronic spinal cord injury. It is easy to understand and be applied by professionals who used it. Furthermore, it was able to differentiate the individuals more severely disabled. It has the advantage to identify and ponder the impact of environmental factors as well

A Lesão Medular (LM) afeta a funcionalidade do indivíduo e pode reduzir drasticamente a independência. A restauração da mobilidade e do andar, é uma das principais metas das intervenções na população com LM, e nesse contexto o treinamento locomotor (TLSP) é uma intervenção utilizada com objetivo de fornecer estímulos sensoriais específicos ao sistema nervoso danificado para estimular as redes e circuitos preservados da medula. A velocidade é uma aferência sensorial importante durante o TLSP em esteira. Objetivo: investigar o efeito da variação de velocidade sobre as respostas motoras de indivíduos com lesões medulares durante TLSP em esteira. Método: 20 sujeitos sem LM denominado de grupo controle (GC) e 13 com LM completa (GLM) foram submetidos ao protocolo TLSP em esteira nas velocidades 2, 3 e 4 km/h. Foi realizada uma análise de EMG para avaliar atividade muscular de vasto lateral (VL), bíceps femural (BF), tibial anterior (TA) e gastrocnêmio lateral (GL) ao longo do ciclo do passo. Resultados: O GC apresentou maior atividade muscular distal TA e GL quando comparado ao GLM com maior atividade proximal VL e BF durante todas as fases da marcha. A velocidade que apresentou maior atividade muscular foi a intermediária (3km/h), quando comparado as velocidades 2Km/h e 4km/h. O aumento da velocidade resultou em maior influência nos músculos distais. Conclusão: a velocidade pode influenciar nas respostas motoras locomotoras de indivíduos com LM. O aumento da velocidade teve um papel importante no aumento da atividade muscular, contudo a atividade muscular foi maior na velocidade intermediária (3km/h) / Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) affects the individual\'s functionality and can gradually reduce independence. The restoration of mobility and walking, is one of the main goals of the interventions in SCI population. In this context body weight support treadmill training (BWSTT) is an intervention used to provide specific sensory stimuli to the damaged nervous system to stimulate the networks and circuits preserved in the spinal cord. Velocity is an important sensory afferment during the BWSTT. Objective: to investigate the effect of speed variation on motor responses of use with spinal cord injuries BWSTTl. Method: 20 healthy subjects composed the control group (CG) and 13 with complete SCI (SCIG) were submitted to BWSTT at speeds 2, 3 and 4 km/h. An EMG analysis was performed to evaluate the muscle activity of lateral vastus (LV), biceps femorales (BF), tibial anterior (TA) and gastrocnemius lateral (GL) throughout the cycle of the step. Results: The CG had greater distal muscle activity TA and GL when compared to GLM with greater proximal activity, VL and BF, during all gait phases. The velocity that presented greater muscular activity was the intermediate (3km/h), when compared as speeds 2Km/h and 4km/h. Increased speed resulted in greater influence on the distal muscles. Conclusion: the velocity can influence motor responses. Increased speed had an important role in increasing muscle activity, however, muscle activity was greater at intermediate velocity (3km / h)

Forty spinal cord injury (SCI) patients were studied in order to determine the effects of an attribution based therapeutic recreation program on their perception of freedom in leisure. Perception of freedom in leisure of SCI patients was measured by a seventy-two item scale. This scale was translated into Spanish, adapted, revised, validated, and tested for reliability. The reliability of the Spanish Version of the scale was very similar to the English Version of the scale.

This master's thesis deal with the ability to maintain trunk stability in paraplegic patients in the relation to the functional skills of upper extremity. Its aim is to determine the extent to which posture influences grip strength in these persons. It consists of two parts. The first part includes introduction of the spinal cord injury and findings of the mechanisms and functional significance of the torso in relation to posture and everyday activities. Further, it presents the possibilities of utilization and different ways of measurement of grip strength in clinical practice. In the second part, the results of the measurement of grip strength in paraplegic persons in three different positions - lying on the back and in two different sitting positions - are analyzed. The measurements were undertaken using a dynamometer. It was measured twice, always after one week period. All patients attend the standard therapy provided by the Spinal Unit in the University Hospital in Motol, where they have been also hospitalized in that time. The results refer to certain dependency of gripstrength of upper extremity to posture in paraplegic persons. This was proved within the comparison of values from sitting position with back support and without back support. In the first named position were reached higher...

Magister Scientiae (Physiotherapy) - MSc(Physio) / The World Health Organisation estimates that the majority of the disabled population resides in the developing world, but most of the research on outcomes of patients originates from the developed world. In the light of the differences in healthcare structures and function, especially rehabilitation between settings and countries, it is imperative to have an understanding of the functioning of patients at discharge with the objective of measuring the level at which outcomes are met. The aim of this study was therefore to determine the process of rehabilitation and the outcome of patients following in-patient rehabilitation at a facility in the Western Cape. A quantitative research design was employed to address the objectives. Self-administered questionnaires were developed to collate information pertaining to the demographic-, socioeconomic- and medical profile of patients and data extraction sheets collected information relating to the process of rehabilitation and the impairment status of patients on admission. With regards to activity and participation, a longitudinal study design was used, which utilised standardised outcomes measures. The sample consisted of all patients with stroke and spinal cord injury admitted within a three-month period, and all ethical principles relating to research on human subjects, as stipulated in the Helsinki Declaration were adhered to during data collection, with ethical clearance obtained from relevant authorities. The SAS and the Microsoft Excel Package 2007 were used to analyse the quantitative data elements. Descriptive statistics using frequencies, percentages, ranges, means, and standard deviations and inferential statistics using chi-square, student T-tests and correlation tests, for determining the predictors of functional outcome, were calculated. There were 175 patients, whereof 82 were patients with stroke and 93 with spinal cord injury, with 143 (76 presenting with spinal cord injury and 67 with stroke) meeting the inclusion criteria on admission. The mean age of those with spinal cord injury and stroke was 34.14 and 52.95 years. Most of the patients with spinal cord injuries were single (73.68%), whereas the majority (53.73%) of patients with strokes were married at the time of injury. All patients were managed by the doctor and the nurse, with most of the patients receiving physiotherapy, occupational therapy and social assistance from the social worker. With regards to recreational activities, 46.87% of patients with spinal cord injury and 39.39% of those with stroke attended the learn to swim programme, and 29.68% of patients with spinal cord injury attended the wheelchair basketball sessions. The mean length of hospital stay for patients with spinal cord injury and stroke was 73.11 and 51. 62 days, with most of the spinal cord injured patients (80.26%) and stroke patients (82.08%) discharged home without follow-up rehabilitation. The most prevalent impairments on admission of the spinal cord injury cohort were muscle weakness (75.0%), bladder incontinence (71.1%) and reduced sensation (69.7%), whereas patients with stroke presented mostly with muscle paralysis (80.6%), abnormal tone (76.1%) and aphasia (50.8%). Functional limitations experienced by the participants included, mobility, stair climbing and transfers. The participants experienced participation restrictions in the following domains, leisure activities and employment. A clinical significant improvement was noted in execution of functional task of patients with spinal cord injury (p< 0.0001) and stroke (p< 0.0001) between admission and discharge. A significant statistical change was also detected for the participation elements of both stroke and spinal cord injury cohorts. Functional ability on admission was found to be a predictor of functional outcome of the stroke diagnostic group at discharge, whereas the multiple redictor model of functional outcome of the spinal cord injured cohort at discharge was significant with remaining variables of functional outcome score on admission (p<0.0001) and bladder -and bowel impairment(s) (p=0.0247). The study findings suggest that despite the significant change in activity and participation, most of the patients were discharged home without further follow-up for rehabilitation, irrespective of the activity limitations and participation restrictions still experienced at the time of discharge. The latter finding questions the duration of the length of hospital stay, which does not allow patients to be independent in all meaningful activities and participatory actions and roles by the end of inpatient rehabilitation. The study findings could assist authorities to adapt the existing rehabilitation programme and referral process . / South Africa

The purpose of this study was to explore the psychosocial problems encountered by Black patients with tetralpegia once discharged from the hospital. Phenomenology as a research strategy was used with the aim of understanding the worldview of patients. The medical aspects of spinal cord injury were discussed, firstly with emphasis placed on the incidence of spinal cord injury, causes of spinal cord injury, different levels of tetraplegia and the management of patients with tetraplegia. The psychosocial problems encountered by black patients with tetralpegia once discharged from the hospital were discussed. The emphasis was placed on the patients’ emotional reaction to the injury, adjustment towards the injury and the guidelines for social work intervention with regard to the patient with tetraplegia. Ten respondents participated in the study after they were selected by using availability sampling and the study revealed the following. Tetraplegia results in a variety of psychosocial problems for both the patient and his/her family, which are: Negative marital relationships and desertion by the healthier spouse. Disturbed family relationships. Negative self-esteem and lack of self-confidence due to physical limitations. Poor quality of life, stigmatization by the community and inaccessibility in as far as public transport is concerned. Tetraplegia triggers psychological, social and financial problems. It is therefore concluded that social work intervention in the initial phase of the injury will ensure that the patients’ psychosocial problems are explored and attended to, to prepare the patients for the difficult life thereafter. / Dissertation (MA (SW) Health Care)--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Social Work and Criminology / MA (SW) / unrestricted