Peer-Review Record
Contribution of Trunk Muscles to Upright Sitting with Segmental Support in Children with Spinal Cord Injury
Children 2020, 7(12), 278; https://doi.org/10.3390/children7120278
Reviewer 1:
Anonymous
Reviewer 2:
Anonymous
Children 2020, 7(12), 278; https://doi.org/10.3390/children7120278
Submission received: 16 November 2020
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Revised: 3 December 2020
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Accepted: 4 December 2020
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Published: 8 December 2020
(This article belongs to the Section Pediatric Neurology & Neurodevelopmental Disorders)
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The authors performed a very interesting study on the impact of muscle function on the outcome of children with an injury of the upper spinal cord. I have only a few suggestions for the authors to consider:
- The authors self-cited the SATCo scale (reference nr 20), but it is not a very relevant paper, and I would rather replace it with another better presenting the value of this scale (PMID: 28749721).
- They provided a very interesting observation on the ubiquitous development of scoliosis. The authors very precisely described pathology, but there is a missing therapeutic perspective. Therefore, I suggest discussing the authors’ findings against the regenerative approach to the muscular contribution to scoliosis (PMID: 31170887).
- I would also discuss the muscular changes following spinal cord injury to provide a better molecular landscape to other therapeutic opportunities (PMID: 11838582).
Author Response
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Author Response File: 
Author Response.docx
Reviewer 2 Report
Discuss explanation for trunk muscles working below the level of injury.
It appears that's more hypertonia and spinal reflexes than preserved upper motor pathways.
Author Response
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