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Targeting Sarcopenia as an Objective Clinical Outcome in the Care of Children with Spinal Cord-Related Paralysis: A Clinician's View by Sadowsky, Cristina L

“…Muscle loss is consistently associated with immobility and paralysis and triggers significant metabolic and functional changes. The negative effects of…”
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Editorial: Women in science - disability, rehabilitation, inclusion research by Sadowsky, Cristina L

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Muscle Mass as a Biomarker for Health Status and Function in Pediatric Individuals with Neuromuscular Disabilities: A Systematic Review by Ferrara, Isabella R, Sadowsky, Cristina L

“…This systematic review aims to investigate the relationship between muscle mass and specific health outcomes in pediatric populations with neuromuscular…”
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A Primary Care Provider's Guide to Bone Health in Spinal Cord-Related Paralysis by Sadowsky, Cristina L, Mingioni, Nina, Zinski, Joseph

“…Individuals with spinal cord injury/disorder (SCI/D) are at high risk for developing secondary osteoporosis. Bone loss after neurologic injury is…”
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Nerve Transfer Surgery in Acute Flaccid Myelitis: Prognostic Factors, Long-Term Outcomes, Comparison With Natural History by Rivera, Glenn S, Stokum, Jesse A, Dean, Janet, Sadowsky, Cristina L, Belzberg, Allan J, Elrick, Matthew J

“…Nerve transfer surgery is sometimes offered to patients with acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). The objectives of this study were to evaluate surgical efficacy,…”
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Using Billing Codes to Create a Pediatric Functional Status e-Score for Children Receiving Inpatient Rehabilitation by Lundine, Jennifer P., Huling, Jared D., Adelson, P. David, Burd, Randall S., Fuentes, Molly, Haarbauer-Krupa, Juliet, Hagen, Kaitlin, Iske, Cynthia, Koterba, Christine, Kurowski, Brad G., Petrucci, Stephanie, Rose, Sean C., Sadowsky, Cristina L., Westendorf, Jennifer, Truelove, Annie, Leonard, Julie C.

“…Provide proof-of-concept for development of a Pediatric Functional Status eScore (PFSeS). Demonstrate that expert clinicians rank billing codes as relevant to…”
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Editorial: Harnessing Neuroplasticity in the Injured Central Nervous System Using Spinal Neuromodulation by Sadowsky, Cristina L., Sayenko, Dimitry G.

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Challenges in the Clinical Recognition of Acute Flaccid Myelitis and its Implications by Hayes, Leslie H., Hopkins, Sarah E., Liu, Shanshan, Pardo, Carlos A., Garcia-Dominguez, Maria A., Oleszek, Joyce, Yea, Carmen, Ciftci-Kavaklioglu, Beyza, Yeh, E. Ann, Dean, Janet, Sadowsky, Cristina L., Desai, Jay, Wiegand, Sarah, Farias-Moeller, Raquel, Nash, Kendall, Thakur, Kiran T., Vargas, Wendy S., Hong-Routson, Sue J., Yeshokumar, Anusha, Zhou, Melissa S., Makhani, Naila, Wilson-Murphy, Molly, Bove, Riley, Zhang, Bo, Benson, Leslie A.

“…To explore the challenges in diagnosing acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) and evaluate clinical features and treatment paradigms associated with under recognition…”
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Bone Mass in Individuals With Chronic Spinal Cord Injury: Associations With Activity-Based Therapy, Neurologic and Functional Status, a Retrospective Study by Hammond, Edward R., MD, MPH, PhD, Metcalf, Heather M., MD, McDonald, John W., MD, PhD, Sadowsky, Cristina L., MD

“…Abstract Objective To describe the prevalence of osteoporosis and its association with functional electrical stimulation (FES) use in individuals with spinal…”
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Chronic Shoulder Pain in Manual Wheelchair (MWC) Users with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): The Lived Experience by Silvestri, Jennifer L, Lawson, Sonia, Sadowsky, Cristina

“…Background: Existing research on the lived experience of those with spinal cord injury (SCI) resulting in paraplegia who use a manual wheelchair and experience…”
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Lower extremity functional electrical stimulation cycling promotes physical and functional recovery in chronic spinal cord injury by Sadowsky, Cristina L., Hammond, Edward R., Strohl, Adam B., Commean, Paul K., Eby, Sarah A., Damiano, Diane L., Wingert, Jason R., Bae, Kyongtae T., McDonald, John W.

“…Objective To examine the effect of long-term lower extremity functional electrical stimulation (FES) cycling on the physical integrity and functional recovery…”
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The epidemiology of childhood and adolescent traumatic spinal cord injury in the United States: 2007-2010 by Selvarajah, Shalini, Schneider, Eric B, Becker, Daniel, Sadowsky, Cristina L, Haider, Adil H, Hammond, Edward R

“…The burden of acute traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) among U. S. children and adolescents was last described over a decade ago using inpatient data. We…”
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Extensive neurological recovery from a complete spinal cord injury: a case report and hypothesis on the role of cortical plasticity by Choe, Ann S, Belegu, Visar, Yoshida, Shoko, Joel, Suresh, Sadowsky, Cristina L, Smith, Seth A, van Zijl, Peter C M, Pekar, James J, McDonald, John W

“…Neurological recovery in patients with severe spinal cord injury (SCI) is extremely rare. We have identified a patient with chronic cervical traumatic SCI, who…”
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Functional electrical stimulation in spinal cord injury:: from theory to practice by Martin, Rebecca, Sadowsky, Cristina, Obst, Kimberly, Meyer, Brooke, McDonald, John

“…This article outlines steps to practical application of functional electrical stimulation (FES) within activity-based restorative therapy (ABRT). Drawing from…”
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Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Emergency Service Triage Patterns and the Associated Emergency Department Outcomes by Selvarajah, Shalini, Haider, Adil H, Schneider, Eric B, Sadowsky, Cristina L, Becker, Daniel, Hammond, Edward R

“…Paralysis is an indication for trauma patients to be preferentially triaged by emergency services to designated level I or II trauma centers (TC). We sought to…”
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Activity-Based Restorative Therapies after Spinal Cord Injury: Inter-institutional conceptions and perceptions by Dolbow, David R, Gorgey, Ashraf S, Recio, Albert C, Stiens, Steven A, Curry, Amanda C, Sadowsky, Cristina L, Gater, David R, Martin, Rebecca, McDonald, John W

“…This manuscript is a review of the theoretical and clinical concepts provided during an inter-institutional training program on Activity-Based Restorative…”
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Activity-Based Restorative Therapies: Concepts and Applications in Spinal Cord Injury-Related Neurorehabilitation by Sadowsky, Cristina L, McDonald, John W

“…Physical rehabilitation following spinal cord injury-related paralysis has traditionally focused on teaching compensatory techniques, thus enabling the…”
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Subject-specific regional measures of water diffusion are associated with impairment in chronic spinal cord injury by Choe, Ann S., Sadowsky, Cristina L., Smith, Seth A., van Zijl, Peter C. M., Pekar, James J., Belegu, Visar

“…Purpose We aimed to identify non-invasive imaging parameters that can serve as biomarkers for the integrity of the spinal cord, which is paramount to…”
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Characteristics of individuals seeking activity-based restorative therapy following spinal cord injury: A focus on hope by Felter, Cara E, Bentley, Jacob A, Sadowsky, Cristina L, Wegener, Stephen T

“…There is a lack of evidence regarding the psychosocial characteristics of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) undergoing activity-based restorative…”
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Functional electrical stimulation as a component of activity-based restorative therapy may preserve function in persons with multiple sclerosis by Hammond, Edward R., Recio, Albert C., Sadowsky, Cristina L., Becker, Daniel

“…Objective To examine the effect of functional electrical stimulation (FES) cycling on disability progression in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS). Design…”
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