{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Kahn LC"],"funding":["Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Spinal Cord Injury Research on the Translation Spectrum (SCIRTS) Grant: Nerve Transfers to Restore Hand Function in Cervical Spinal Cord Injury (PI: Ida Fox).","Craig H. Neilsen Foundation"],"pagination":["47"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9055048"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["8(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Study design</h4>Case Series.<h4>Objectives</h4>To describe the donor activation focused rehabilitation approach (DAFRA) in the setting of the hand closing nerve transfers in cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) so that therapists may apply it to treatment of individuals undergoing this procedure.<h4>Setting</h4>United States of America-Academic Level 1 Trauma Center.<h4>Methods</h4>We reviewed the records of individuals with cervical SCI who underwent nerve transfer to restore hand closing and post-surgery DAFRA therapy at our institution. The three post-surgery phases of DAFRA included (1) early phase (0-12 months) education, limb preparation, and donor activation exercises, (2) middle phase (12-24 months) volitional recipient muscle activation and (3) late phase (18 + months) strengthe"],"journal":["Spinal cord series and cases"],"pubmed_title":["Donor activation focused rehabilitation approach to hand closing nerve transfer surgery in individuals with cervical level spinal cord injury."],"pmcid":["PMC9055048"],"funding_grant_id":["313200"],"pubmed_authors":["Hill EJR","Fox IK","Evans AG","Kahn LC"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Donor activation focused rehabilitation approach to hand closing nerve transfer surgery in individuals with cervical level spinal cord injury.","description":"<h4>Study design</h4>Case Series.<h4>Objectives</h4>To describe the donor activation focused rehabilitation approach (DAFRA) in the setting of the hand closing nerve transfers in cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) so that therapists may apply it to treatment of individuals undergoing this procedure.<h4>Setting</h4>United States of America-Academic Level 1 Trauma Center.<h4>Methods</h4>We reviewed the records of individuals with cervical SCI who underwent nerve transfer to restore hand closing and post-surgery DAFRA therapy at our institution. The three post-surgery phases of DAFRA included (1) early phase (0-12 months) education, limb preparation, and donor activation exercises, (2) middle phase (12-24 months) volitional recipient muscle activation and (3) late phase (18 + months) strengthe","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Apr","modification":"2025-04-05T10:01:30.976Z","creation":"2025-04-05T10:01:30.976Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9055048","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35487892"],"doi":["10.1038/s41394-022-00512-y"]}}