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Hope for Young Spinal Cord Injury Patients

New research out of the University of Florida is causing doctors to take a new look at the therapies traditionally offered to children with incomplete spinal cord injuries. For a long time, the prescribed therapy overlooked children who showed little promise of movement following the injury. However, Kansas City parents should know that new hope for these children exists as a result of the research.

The prevailing thought has been that once time passed, further therapy was a moot point for children with incomplete spinal injuries. However, as in the case with a small boy who was injured at the age of three, four years of "locomotor" therapy proved to be essential to his partial recovery. After the therapy, the boy was able to walk with a walker, swim, climb steps, and even attend school without a wheelchair. The score used to determine the severity of his injury, the lower extremity motor score, never changed. The score is a used as a marker to predict the ability to walk for incomplete spinal cord injury patients.

"Locomotor" training, which employs the use of a treadmill and a harness system, helps the patient to practice walking skills. Children who participated in the University of Florida's Kid S.T.E.P. program were among the first to be tested for the potential benefits of ongoing therapy. Typically, there is no protocol for ongoing rehabilitation for patients with severe injury.

Even for children who did not regain mobility, there was a benefit from greater control in the trunk and the abdomen. Greater trunk control enhances the child's life, even if the child remains confined to a wheelchair.

The results of the study point to one conclusion: more research is needful. Researchers state that the study needs to expand to more children. The greatest benefit is that the approach has been expanded, and a small group of children may benefit from doctors and researchers taking a second look at the accepted therapy approaches.

For parents of children with spinal cord injuries, the Kansas City child injury attorneys at Kansas City Accident Injury Attorneys understand that there are years of concerns and questions ahead. Contact Kansas City Accident Injury Attorneys at 888-348-2616 for a free, no obligation initial consultation. You can also access more information by downloading your free copy of the resource guide Ten Essential Steps You Must Take to Protect Your Injury Claim.

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