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There are varying degrees of work-related back injury - from a wrongly adjusted office chair leading to muscle damage and subsequent back pain, to falls from height that can crush vertebrae and sever the spinal cord.
Research into the treatment of back injury is a continual discipline, particularly for the severest forms which cause paralysis.
Spinal cord scar tissue digested by enzymes
In 2009, US researchers published details of a study into the production of an enzyme which digests scar tissue formed in rats after a spinal cord injury.
Biomedical engineering professors in the Georgia Institute of Technology Research at Emory University suggest that one of the major problems in the healing of spinal cord injuries in the back are that scar tissue forms. This in turn blocks the growth of nerve cells which could be curative.
The study authors found that sugar proteins surrounding the scar tissue inhibit fibre regeneration and that if scar tissue could be eliminated it could be an essential step in the treatment of severe back injury. The enzyme chondroitinase ABC (chABC) has previously been used in this process, but it is highly sensitive and degrades very easily.
The Emory team found that by adding the enzyme to a sugar called trehalose it became more stable at internal body temperature. The team also found a more effective way of introducing the enzyme to the site of damage and keeping it in place so that it may work for a longer period.
The enzyme was tested in rats and it was found to prevent the formation of scar tissue for up to six weeks.
A spokeperson for the team told journalists, "The goal is that at the time the surgeon is removing the offending [vertebrae] bone after the injury you would inject this gel to sit on top of the injury site and prevent whatever new scar is forming."
He said that many approaches will be needed for the full treatment of severe work-related back injury and spinal cord damage, including the control of inflammation, which can be dangerous, the stimulation and growth of nerve fibres and the subsequent achieving of reconnection and communication with the brain.
"It's a really daunting problem to solve," he said.
"The key is we've opened a little window at least to make it a clinically viable system."
Claiming compensation for work-related back injury with the no win no fee experts
If you have had an accident at work that has caused back injury, it does not matter how severe that injury is, the no win, no fee solicitors at YouClaim are here to help you claim 100% compensation for your suffering.
Call us today to discuss your circumstances and we will help you decide whether it would be in your interest to pursue a claim. Our personal injury solicitors are amongst the most experienced and successful in the UK and all are governed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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