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Evidence-based recommendations for the rehabilitation and management of the ageing population with spinal cord injury: a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines

2024; Edizioni Minerva Medica; Volume: 60; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.23736/s1973-9087.24.08244-3

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Vanessa Seijas, Lorena Schrepfer, Ana María Posada Borrero, María Alejandra Spir, Barbara Machado, Diana Sigrist-Nix, Anke Scheel‐Sailer, Inge Eriks-Hoogland, Carla Sabariego,

Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders

The intersection of ageing and spinal cord injury (SCI) is of global concern. Two scenarios have been described: 1) "SCI with ageing," an increase in the average age of SCI onset, and 2) "ageing with SCI," an increase in post-injury life expectancy. These scenarios entail complex health care and rehabilitation needs due to the accumulation of comorbidities, ageing-related and SCI-induced physiological changes, and post-SCI secondary health conditions. We systematically reviewed Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) with the objective of identifying the extent to which SCI CPGs include recommendations for the rehabilitation and management of people who are "ageing with SCI" or who have acquired an "SCI with ageing". We termed these as "ageing-related recommendations". We also aimed to describe them and identify gaps.