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PredictingOutcomesFollowingSpinal CordInjury
ChristinaV.OlesonandAdamE.Flanders
INTRODUCTION
Spinal cord injury (SCI) remains one of the most devastating injuries any individual can sustain. In the United States, the number of new SCI cases annuallyisestimatedat17,000(1)withaprevalenceof282,000cases.Patients and their families are primarily concerned with two outcomes: the expected degreeofmotorandsensoryrecovery,andtheextentandtimingofhealingand returntotheirpriorlifestyle.Formany,recoverywillbeminimaltonone,while forothers,areturnofsubstantialneurologicalfunctioncanbeanticipated.Older individualsarerapidlybecomingalargerpercentageofthosewithnewSCI,and postinjuryplanningforpeoplewithpreexistingcomorbiditiescanbeevenmore complex in terms of required physical assistance after discharge and home modifications.Forthoseinjuredintheprimeoftheirlife,financialconcernsfor long-termcarecanbeoverwhelming,thusanearlyunderstandingoffuturecare needsiscrucial.Patientsandtheircaregiverswanttoknowiftheinjuredwillbe able to walk, work, provide for their own self-care, and return to the same intimaterelationshipstheyenjoyedpriortoinjury.
It is essential that patients and clinicians have a realistic expectation of
functional outcomes following SCI. Clinicians must be able to prognosticate
outcomes as the basis for planning an effective rehabilitation program. Awareness of expected outcomes also helps to determine the effectiveness of various treatment interventions (pharmacologic and rehabilitation protocols). Finally, in the current healthcare system, characterized by declining resources and a shift to managed care, recognition of expected outcomes is critical to ensurethatthemostcost-effectiveprotocolsnecessarytoattainoptimalfunction canbe implemented in theshortesttime possible. Justasitis inappropriate to denyorfailtoprovideessentialandappropriaterehabilitationservices,itisalso inappropriate to provide valuable rehabilitation services and resources that would only minimally improve a patient’soverall function or would be more effectivelyimplemented once barriers such as braces or pressure injuries have been eliminated. Accurate prognostication following SCI will determine the treatmentplanand minimizeunnecessaryinterventionswhilejustifying needed careandresources.
Current and future efforts to advance SCI rehabilitation also require a thoroughunderstandingof the nature and extent of natural recoveryfollowing SCI. In the absence of such knowledge, it becomes difficult to differentiate therapeutic effectsfrom natural recovery and, thereby,confirm the efficacyof newinterventions.Forthesereasons,itisimperativethatwecontinuetoincrease ourunderstandingofwhatdeterminesnaturalrecoveryfollowingSCI.
Thischapter reviewsthevarious factorsthatimpact the performanceof an accurateneurologicalassessment,describetheextentandtimeframeofnatural recovery following traumatic SCI, clarify the prospect for specific outcomes such as ambulation, summarize the role of traditional imaging and new modalities of viewing the injured spinal cord, and conclude with a brief overviewoftheunderlyingmechanismsofrecovery.
FACTORSINDETERMININGNEUROLOGIC RECOVERY
FeaturesoftheEarlyNeurologicalExaminationof MotorandSensoryFunction
The determination of prognosis and expected outcome in SCI is founded on results from an early and accurate neurological examination according to the InternationalStandardsfortheClassificationofSpinalCord Injury(ISNCSCI)
(2) (see Chapter 5 for details). The most important determinant of long-term prognosis is whether an injury is clinically complete or incomplete. The InternationalStandardsdefineanSCIascompletewhenthereisatotalabsence ofsensory and motor function in thelowestsacralsegment (“sacral sparing”). Thishasbeenshowntobethemostreliableandclinicallyusefuldefinition(3). A clinically complete injury does not imply a structural severing or complete disruption of the cord, as this is relatively rare; but clinical completeness has been noted in 38% of subjects in a recent report (4). In comparison, an incompleteinjuryischaracterizedbythepresenceof “sacralsparing” (sensory functionindermatomeS4-5orthepresenceofdeepanalpressureorvoluntary anal sphincter activity). This definition is intuitive in the sense that for sacral sparingtobepresent,somesignalsmusthavetraversedtheentirelengthofthe spinalcordaswouldbeexpected with an incomplete block. After it has been determined whether the injury is complete or incomplete, injury severity is gradedusingtheAmericanSpinalInjuryAssociationImpairmentScale(AIS),as describedinChapter5.
RelationshipBetweenTimingofAssessmentand Prognosis
How early after injury can an accurate examination be performed such that reasonable predictions of functional outcome can be developed? While examinationsperformedintheemergencyroomcanbedifficultandmayleadto error,theyshouldbecarriedoutassoonaspossiblefordocumentationpurposes andforestablishingabaselinethatenablesmonitoringimprovementordecline in neurological status. When performing an assessment in this context, the assessorshould be aware of the elementsthatcanaffect the accuracyofearly examinations.Burnsandcolleagues(5)assessedthefactorsthatarisewhenthe initialassessmentisperformedwithin1to2daysofinjury,andfoundthatthere wasahigherrateofconversion(completetoincomplete)atboth1weekand1 year after injury among patients who evidenced oneormore of the following factors: (a) mechanical ventilation, (b) intoxication, chemical sedation, or paralysis,(c)closedheadinjury,(d)psychiatricillness,(e)languagebarrier,(f) severe pain, or (g) cerebral palsy. None of the clinically complete patients withoutthesefactorsconvertedtomotorincompleteby1year,while13%(3/23) of patients with at least one factor did. The results suggest that the risk of misclassificationishigherwhenthevariableslimitreliablecommunicationand
participationbythesubject.
The 72-hour examination has been shown to have superior accuracy compared with the 24-hour examination (6–9) due to not only the previously mentioned limiting factors but also the presence of postinjury swelling and spinal cord edema that may increase between 24 and 72 hours after injury. Marinoand colleaguesfound thataneurologic examinationperformed1 week following injury had prognostic value for determining recovery (10). These investigators used the ASIA Impairment Scale (AIS) and the Frankel scale to predictneurologicrecovery.TheFrankelscalepredatesthecurrentInternational Standards and differsin that the latter requires the presenceof sacralsparing. Some of the early studies of both complete and incomplete patients provide valuabledata,buttheymustbeinterpretedincomparisonwithcurrentstandards, accounting for the differences in the Frankel and AIS testing. Given the increasing emphasis on shorter length of stays in both acute care and rehabilitationsettings,predictingoutcomeat1monthpost-injury,aswasdonein anumberofearlyanalyses(11–14),isnowgenerallyundertakenearlierthanthis timeframe.Assuch,the1-monthdataareusedtosupplementearlierdiscussions onprognosis.
Currently, the most consistently used method for evaluating changes in classification, including worsening of an acute SCI during the immediate postinjuryperiod,isrepeated clinicalexaminationsusingthe ISNCSCI(15). It shouldbe noted that serial examination isunableto detect occult neurological injury as opposed to ongoing compression or ischemia (16). The Subaxial CervicalSpinalInjuryClassificationScale(SLIC)(17)wasdevelopedtoaddress cervical injuries and identify those patients most at risk of progressive neurologic deterioration. Despite the uncertainty of accurate classification by clinical assessments alone (16,18,19) and the fact that this system has shown considerableeffectiveness,ithasnotbeenwidelyadapted.Onesurveyofspinal injuryexpertscitedlimitedattentionoftheSLICtothelevelofinjury,relative complexity,inadequatereliability,andgeneralinabilitytopredictnaturalhistory, indicatingtheircontinuedpreferencefortraditionalandsimplersystems(20).
RECOVERYBASEDONNEUROLOGICALLEVEL OFINJURY
CompleteSCI:ASIAImpairmentScale(AIS)A
ThemajorityofneurologicrecoveryafterSCIisgenerallybelievedtooccurin thefirstyearfollowinginjury.Fawcettetal.(21)summarizedfindingsofseveral studiesthatexaminedconversionfromcomplete(AISA)toincomplete(AISB, C, and D) injury classifications. Their analysis demonstrated that 80% of subjects,initiallyclassifiedasAISA,3to28dayspost-SCI,remainedAISAat 1 year after injury and 20% became incomplete, of which approximately half converted to AIS B and the other half to either AIS C or D. These statistics, which include both persons with paraplegia and tetraplegia, represent study findingsfrombeforeandafterthe2000RevisionoftheInternationalStandards definitionof“motor incomplete”lesions.Priortotheyear2000, conversionof completetoincompletestatuscouldbeobservedinpersonswithimprovementof motororsensoryfindingsnearthezoneofinjury.
After2000,a requirement of sacral sparing (sensation in S4-5dermatome, deep anal sensation [later referred to as deep anal pressure], or volitional sphincteractivity)wasadoptedinorderforapatienttobeconsideredclinically incomplete.Moreover,for AIS C orD,the patient must have either (1) some degreeofanalsensationalongwithmotorfunctionmorethanthreelevelsbelow the motor level or (2) voluntary anal contraction with or without deep anal pressureorS45sensation(22).Ineithercase,thedistinctionbetweenAISCand Dis based onthespecific motorscoresbelow the neurologicallevelof injury (NLI)(2).Whilesome earlystudiesthat includedpersons withtetraplegiaand paraplegiaestimateda20%conversionratefromcompletetoincompletestatus, only 2% to 3% improve to an AIS D classification (10). In addition, many amongthat small group of AISDpatients may not beambulatory(10).Other studiesestimateconversionratesfromAISAtoB,C,orDat4%to13%(10–
12).
The data provided by Burns (5)demonstrated that in a group of 103 U.S. ModelSystempatients,upto9.3%ofsubjectsinitiallyconsideredtobeAISAat the72-hourexaminationwerereclassifiedasAISBwithinthefirstweek,dueto challenges affecting the reliability of the early ISNCSCI examination. In contrast,only2.6%ofsubjectswithoutfactorsimpedingtheaccuracyofanearly examination were reclassified. Among those with reliable early examinations indicating complete injuries at the 72-hour examination, only 2 of 30 (6.7%) convertedtomotorcomplete,sensoryincomplete(AISB),butnoneconvertedto motorand sensory incomplete(AISC or D).Muchhigher rates ofconversion wereseeninthesubjectsexaminedatalatertimeandinthosewithoutcognitive barriers.ThisfindingmayexplainwhyanearlierstudybyMaynard(7)founda
19%1-yearconversionrateofcompletetoincompletepatientsamongagroup thatincluded10%ofsevereheadinjurypatients.
Zariffa et al. (23) conducted a retrospective analysis of 399 patients with thoracic SCI using the European Multicenter Study about Spinal Cord Injury (EMSCI)database,comprisingdatacollectedfrom18centers.Conversionfrom completetoincompleteSCIatthefinaloutcomepointof48weekswasseenin
18.2%ofpatients:7.7%improvedfromAISAtoAISB,while5.7%converted toAISCand4.8%to AISD.Conversionfromcompletetoincompleteduring theinitialyearafterinjurywasdependentontheinitiallevelofthoracicSCI:
9.46%ofthoseT2-5convertedtosensoryormotorincomplete;15.56%ofthose T6-9;29.17%ofthoseT10-12.
Lee et al. (24) studied 482 patients with complete injuries also focusing between T2 and T12, specifically the percentage of patients who achieved a score of AIS D, because future ambulators would be drawn from this group. HigherconversionratestoAISDwereseeninT10-12levelinjuries(7.2%),but only1.9%convertedtothesamelevelforpatientsintheT2-5levels.Duetothe natureoftheretrospectivedata,noevaluationwasconductedofthoseamongthe AISDpatientswhoachievedvariousdegreesoffunctionalmobility.Thoseover age 50 demonstrated lower FIM scores in comparison to younger individuals withthesameNLI.
Recently,Kirshblumetal.completedareviewofoutcomesfromtheModel SCISystemdatabaseovera5-yearperiod,includingcervicalandthoraciclevels ofinjury(4).Theauthorsusedtwooutcometimepoints:(1)betweenadmission to rehabilitation and discharge, with admission occurring within 30 days of injuryandwithdurationofrehabilitationvariable,and(2)at1yearpostinjury. For changes between admission and dischargefrom rehabilitation, the authors observed a 20% conversion rate from AIS A to incomplete status: 13.1% improvedtoAISB,6.2%toAISC,and0.5%toAISD(4).Thosewithcervical­level injuries had a higherrate of conversion to AISB and C compared with higherparaplegic levelsofinjury (T1-9)andlower paraplegic levels(T10 and below). The 3/662 subjects (0.5%) who converted from AIS A to AIS D originallyhadlevelsofT10andbelow.At1year,therewasareportedoverall neurological conversion from AIS A toincomplete status of 27.8%;10.7% to AISB,13.9%toAISC,andto3.2%AISD(4).Conversionrateswerehigher amongthosewithcervicallesionsandlowthoraciclesions,whileupperthoracic lesions demonstrated lower rates of conversion to motor and/or sensory incompleteSCI.
SpecialFeaturesofZoneofInjuryRecoveryinCompleteTetraplegia Analysis of individual muscle recovery in relation to functional strength will help in determining independent functioning. Recovery of functional strength (definedasmotorscore≥3/5)isminimalinmuscleswithgrade0/5at1month (25).Mostpatients(~80%)withneurologicalcompleteinjury(AISA)regainat leastonelevelofmotorfunction(25–28)(Table9.1).Forexample,Fisheretal. (27)reportedthat67%ofsubjectsregainedfunctioninonemotorlevel;16%in two motor levels, and 3% in three motor levels. Steeves et al. (28) examined upper extremity spontaneous recovery from the Sygen trial and European Multisystem study databases, and reported slightly more favorable outcomes with 28.8% to 40.7% of cervical level (C5-7 subjects) recovering one motor leveland28.8%to32.5%recoveringtwoormorelevels.Inlookingatindividual neurological levels, with the exception of the triceps, all upper-extremity muscleswithaninitialstrengthgradeofatleast1/5recovertoatleast3/5by1 year(12,25,29).
TABLE9.1PredictionofUpper-ExtremityMotorRecovery
PERCENTAGEWITHFUNCTIONALSTRENGTH>3/5AT1
YEAR
MANUALMUSCLESTRENGTHAT1 MONTH*
COMPLETETETRAPLEGIA INCOMPLETETETRAPLEGIA
0/5 20% 24%
1/5 90% 73%
2/5 100% 100%
*ASIAkeymuscles
ASIA,AmericanSpinalInjuryAssociation Source:WatersRL,AdkinsRH,YakuraJS,etal.Motorandsensoryrecoveryfollowingcomplete
tetraplegia.ArchPhysMedRehabil.1993;74:242–247;WatersRL,AdkinsRH,YakuraJS,etal.Motorand sensoryrecoveryfollowingincompletetetraplegia.ArchPhysMedRehabil.1994;75:306–311. doi:10.1016/0003-9993(94)90034-5.
Thereisdebateregardingwhethertherearedifferencesinrecoverybyinitial NLI.Ditunnoetal.foundthatthosewithC4injurieswerelesslikelytoregain one level of recovery (to C5) as lower cervical levels were able. Of those individualswithinitialC4NLI,70%ofsubjectsregainedtotheC5motorlevel, whereasforC5toC6,75%attainedthatlevel,andforC6toC7,85%(26). In contrast, Steeves et al. (28) found a similar number of motor points gained