Assessment of the outcomes of vertebrospinal trauma based on time of surgical intervention
G.G. YAFAROVA1,2, E.K. VALEEV1, N.M. GRUBER1
1Republican Clinical Hospital of the MH of RT, 138 Orenburgskiy Tract, Kazan, Russian Federation, 420064
2Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, 18 Kremlevskaya St., Kazan, Russian Federation, 420008
Yafarova G.G. — Cand. Biol. Sc., Leading Researcher of the Research Department, Assistant of the Department of Human and Animal Physiology, tel. (843) 237-35-23, e-mail: gusadila@mail.ru
Valeev E.K. — D. Med. Sc., Chief Researcher of the Research Department, tel. +7-987-296-88-52, e-mail: ekv44@mail.ru
Gruber N.M. — Cand. Biol. Sc., Leading Researcher of the Research Department, tel. (843) 237-35-23, e-mail: rkb_nauka@rambler.ru
In this manuscript we present results collected from 53 patients with injury of thoracolumbar region who received surgical decompression and stabilization at different time periods after traumatic injury. The polyparametrical analysis of neuromuscular system reveiled correlation of changes with the time of surgical intervention and duration of spinal cord traumatic injury. The surgeries performed at the early period of spinal cord traumatic injury promoted improvement of voluntary and evoked activation of muscles of the lower extremities.
Key words: spine cord injury, neurophysiology.
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