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Overview

Armin Curt is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and specializes in medical research focused primarily on spinal cord injury and related neurological conditions.

Their main field of study is Medicine, with significant contributions distributed across several subfields including Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery, Rehabilitation, Physiology, and Pharmacology.

The core topics of Armin Curt's research concentrate on spinal cord injury and disorders associated with the spine. These include:

  • Spinal Cord Injury Research
  • Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
  • Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
  • Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments

The scientist has published in numerous venues, with a frequent focus on journals addressing neurotrauma, spinal disorders, and rehabilitation. Key publication venues include:

  • Journal of Neurotrauma
  • Spinal Cord
  • Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Neurology

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Degenerative cervical myelopathy - update and future directions," 2020, Nature Reviews Neurology
  • "Cell-based and stem-cell-based treatments for spinal cord injury: evidence from clinical trials," 2022, The Lancet Neurology
  • "Multiparameter mapping of relaxation (R1, R2*), proton density and magnetization transfer saturation at 3 T: A multicenter dual-vendor reproducibility and repeatability study," 2020, Human Brain Mapping
  • "Imaging and Electrophysiology for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 9]," 2021, Global Spine Journal
  • "International surveillance study in acute spinal cord injury confirms viability of multinational clinical trials," 2022, BMC Medicine

Throughout their career, Armin Curt has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Notable coauthors include:

  • Martin Schubert
  • Patrick Freund
  • Michèle Hubli
  • Carl Moritz Zipser
  • Jan Rösner

Best Publications

  • Traumatic spinal cord injury

    Christopher S. Ahuja;Jefferson R. Wilson;Satoshi Nori;Mark R. N. Kotter

  • Guidelines for the conduct of clinical trials for spinal cord injury as developed by the ICCP panel: spontaneous recovery after spinal cord injury and statistical power needed for therapeutic clinical trials

    J W Fawcett;A Curt;J D Steeves;W P Coleman

  • Three-dimensional, task-specific robot therapy of the arm after stroke: a multicentre, parallel-group randomised trial

    Verena Klamroth-Marganska;Verena Klamroth-Marganska;Javier Blanco;Katrin Campen;Armin Curt

  • Guidelines for the conduct of clinical trials for spinal cord injury (SCI) as developed by the ICCP panel: clinical trial outcome measures

    J. D. Steeves;D. Lammertse;A. Curt;J. W. Fawcett

  • Leitlinien für Diagnostik und Therapie in der Neurologie

    H. C. Diener;C. Weimar;P. Berlit;G. Deuschl

  • Validation of the weight-drop contusion model in rats: a comparative study of human spinal cord injury.

    Gerlinde A.S. Metz;Armin Curt;Henk van de Meent;Isabel Klusman

  • From spinal shock to spasticity Neuronal adaptations to a spinal cord injury

    Lutz-Peter Hiersemenzel;Armin Curt;Volker Dietz

  • Botulinum-A Toxin as a Treatment of Detruosor-Sphincter Dyssynergia: A Prospective Study in 24 Spinal Cord Injury Patients

    B. Schurch;D. Hauri;B. Rodic;A. Curt

  • The current state-of-the-art of spinal cord imaging: Methods

    Patrick W. Stroman;Claudia A. M. Wheeler-Kingshott;M. Bacon;J. M. Schwab

  • Degenerative cervical myelopathy - update and future directions.

    Jetan H. Badhiwala;Christopher S. Ahuja;Muhammad A. Akbar;Christopher D. Witiw

  • Recovery from a spinal cord injury: significance of compensation, neural plasticity, and repair.

    Armin Curt;Hubertus J.A. Van Hedel;Daniel Klaus;Volker Dietz

  • A clinical prediction rule for ambulation outcomes after traumatic spinal cord injury: a longitudinal cohort study

    Joost J. Van Middendorp;Allard J. F. Hosman;A. Rogier T. Donders;Martin H. Pouw

  • MRI investigation of the sensorimotor cortex and the corticospinal tract after acute spinal cord injury: a prospective longitudinal study

    Patrick Freund;Patrick Freund;Patrick Freund;Nikolaus Weiskopf;John Ashburner;Katharina Wolf

  • How does the human brain deal with a spinal cord injury

    M. Bruehlmeier;V. Dietz;K. L. Leenders;U. Roelcke

  • Cellular Transplants in China: Observational Study from the Largest Human Experiment in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury:

    Bruce H. Dobkin;Armin Curt;James Guest

  • Corticospinal input in human gait: modulation of magnetically evoked motor responses.

    M. Schubert;A. Curt;L. Jensen;V. Dietz

  • Functional recovery measures for spinal cord injury: An evidence-based review for clinical practice and research - Functional recovery outcome measures work group

    Kim Anderson;Sergio Aito;Michal Atkins;Fin Biering-Sorensen

  • Assessment of autonomic dysreflexia in patients with spinal cord injury.

    A Curt;B Nitsche;B Rodic;B Schurch

  • Functional outcome following spinal cord injury: Significance of motor-evoked potentials and ASIA scores

    Armin Curt;Martin E. Keck;Volker Dietz

  • Guidelines for the conduct of clinical trials for spinal cord injury as developed by the ICCP panel: clinical trial design.

    D Lammertse;D Lammertse;M H Tuszynski;M H Tuszynski;J D Steeves;A Curt

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Freund
Patrick Freund University of Zurich
Volker Dietz
Volker Dietz University of Zurich
Michael G. Fehlings
Michael G. Fehlings University of Toronto
John D. Steeves
John D. Steeves University of British Columbia
Nikolaus Weiskopf
Nikolaus Weiskopf Max Planck Society
Spyros Kollias
Spyros Kollias University of Zurich
Roger Gassert
Roger Gassert ETH Zurich
Alan J. Thompson
Alan J. Thompson University College London
Marie-Claude Hepp-Reymond
Marie-Claude Hepp-Reymond University of Zurich
James W. Fawcett
James W. Fawcett University of Cambridge

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