Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 6 , Pages 772-778 , June 2006

Lower-Extremity Muscle Cross-Sectional Area After Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury

Presented in part to the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, September 2004, PonteVedra Beach, FL.

  • Prithvi K. Shah, PT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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  • Jennifer E. Stevens, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    • Malcom Randall VAMC, Brain Rehabilitation Research Center, Gainesville, FL
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  • Chris M. Gregory, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    • Malcom Randall VAMC, Brain Rehabilitation Research Center, Gainesville, FL
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  • Neeti C. Pathare, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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  • Arun Jayaraman, PT, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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  • Scott C. Bickel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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  • Mark Bowden, PT, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    • Malcom Randall VAMC, Brain Rehabilitation Research Center, Gainesville, FL
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  • Andrea L. Behrman, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    • Malcom Randall VAMC, Brain Rehabilitation Research Center, Gainesville, FL
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  • Glenn A. Walter, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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  • Gary A. Dudley, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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  • Krista Vandenborne, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Krista Vandenborne, PT, PhD, Dept of Physical Therapy, PO Box 100154, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610

  • Image Result

    Representative transaxial proton MRIs of (A, B) the leg and (C, D) thigh in a subject with incomplete SCI (right) and corresponding age-matched control (left). Abbreviations: A, anterior; L, lateral;

    Representative transaxial proton MRIs of (A, B) the leg and (C, D) thigh in a subject with incomplete SCI (right) and corresponding age-matched control (left). Abbreviations: A, anterior; L, lateral; M, medial; P, posterior.

  • Image Result
    Muscle CSA in the pooled incomplete SCI and control groups of (A) leg muscles and (B) thigh muscles. NOTE. Values are means ± standard error of the mean. *Significant differences between incomplete SC

    Muscle CSA in the pooled incomplete SCI and control groups of (A) leg muscles and (B) thigh muscles. NOTE. Values are means ± standard error of the mean. *Significant differences between incomplete SCI and control subjects.

  • Image Result
    Proportion ratios of muscle groups within the leg and thigh (PF:TA, QF:HAMS) and proximal and distal antigravity muscles (QF:PF) between the WC and non-WC groups. *Significant differences between WC a

    Proportion ratios of muscle groups within the leg and thigh (PF:TA, QF:HAMS) and proximal and distal antigravity muscles (QF:PF) between the WC and non-WC groups. *Significant differences between WC and non-WC incomplete SCI subjects. Abbreviations: see table 3.

  • Image Result
    Ratio of individual plantarflexor muscles to the maximum CSA of the PC of the leg (SOL:PC, MG;PC, LG:PC) in the WC and the non-WC group. *Significant differences between WC and non-WC group incomplete

    Ratio of individual plantarflexor muscles to the maximum CSA of the PC of the leg (SOL:PC, MG;PC, LG:PC) in the WC and the non-WC group. *Significant differences between WC and non-WC group incomplete SCI subjects. Abbreviations: see table 3.

 Supported by the National Institutes of Health (grant nos. NIH-RO1HD037645, NIH-KO1HD01348) and by the Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Research and Development (grant nos. F2182C, B3461H).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(06)00177-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.02.028

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 6 , Pages 772-778 , June 2006

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