Spinal Cord Injury Stem Cell Treatment Follow-up Data

Time: 20 December 2004 – 09 July 2010
Case number: 488 cases of hospitalized patients
Average age: 34.6 ± 12.1
Mean duration 4.9 ± 5.1 years
Gender: male 392 cases (80.3%), female 96 cases (19.7%)

Typical Benefits of Stem cell transplantations for SCI have been observed to be the following:

• Decreased feelings of pain and cramps
• Decreased muscle tension
• Ability to control urination, softening of stool and improved sphincter function
• Improved blood circulation
• Increased sexual function
• Increased strength of the limb muscles including muscle tone
• Improved limb motor function
• Decreased muscle atrophy
• Corrected Orthostatic hypotension
• Normalized perspiration dysfunction (especially with higher level cervical SCI)
• Normalized skin temperature

Remarks:

• Children and young adults tend to react better.
• As time passes, effectiveness declines. However, some patients in their 30s have had positive results.
• Patients injured at the cervical level tend to respond much better, although their symptoms are more severe. This is due to better blood circulation at the cervical level.
• Incomplete spinal cord injuries have a higher success rate.
• Patients in the early chronic stage have better results.
• Patients discharged from hospital continue to see improvements over an extended period (usually 6 months).