Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2014, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (49): 8026-8030.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2014.49.027

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Animal models of spinal cord injury: application and research progress of evoked potentials 

Wang Xue-fei1, Zhang Jun-wei1,2   

  1. 1Capital Medical University School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Beijing 100068, China; 2Beijing Bo’ai Hospital, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing 100068, China
  • Revised:2014-09-13 Online:2014-11-30 Published:2014-11-30
  • Contact: Zhang Jun-wei, Beijing Boai Hospital, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing 100068, China
  • About author:Wang Xue-fei, Studying for master’s degree, Capital Medical University School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Beijing 100068, China
  • Supported by:

    Special Fund for Beijing Municipal Health Development, No. 2009-2096

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: With the development of industrial society and traffic, the incidence of spinal cord injury has gradually increased. In addition to radiological laboratory examinations, the neurophysiological test also becomes an effective way of auxiliary examination. Due to the high accuracy and easy operating, neurophysiological test is widely used and the evoked potentials play a role in this project.

OBJECTIVE: To summarize the application of somatosensory evoked potentials and motor evoked potentials in rabbits of spinal cord injury.   
METHODS: A computer-based online research of CNKI and PubMed databases was performed with the key words of “spinal cord injury; evoked potentials; animal models” in Chinese and English. Finally 33 articles were included in the analysis according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The operational approach, waveform analysis, application value, influencing factor of somatosensory evoked potentials and motor evoked potentials were determined in details, the correlation between evoked potentials and prognosis assessment in animals was also detected. Somatosensory evoked potentials is a good indicator for the evaluation of dorsal funiculus of spinal cord, it is easy to operate and reflects the changes of sensory functions. Motor evoked potentials can provide sensitive diagnosis of spinal cord diseases, and they will be used as a means to assess the spinal cord injury during rehabilitation. The combination of the two can provide a more accurate result.


中国组织工程研究
杂志出版内容重点:肾移植肝移植移植;心脏移植;组织移植;皮肤移植;皮瓣移植;血管移植;器官移植组织工程


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Key words: spinal cord injuries, evoked potentials, evoked potentials, motor, evoked potentials, somatosensory

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