Fig. 11.1 Somatotopic organization of the spinal cord. Within white matter: green illustrates sensory and red motor fiber tracts. Within gray matter: red depicts anterior horn alpha-motoneurons. Somatotopy-specific clinical and…
Fig. 5.1 Vascularization of the spinal cord: The main blood supply for the lower thoracic and lumbar spinal cord is derived from the Adamkiewicz artery feeding into the anterior spinal…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Norbert Weidner, Rüdiger Rupp and Keith E. Tansey (eds.)Neurological Aspects of Spinal Cord Injury10.1007/978-3-319-46293-6_26 26. Clinical Trials and Spinal Cord Injury: Challenges and Therapeutic Interventions Freda M. Warner1, 2, 3, Jacquelyn J. Cragg2, 3, John D. Steeves2,…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Norbert Weidner, Rüdiger Rupp and Keith E. Tansey (eds.)Neurological Aspects of Spinal Cord Injury10.1007/978-3-319-46293-6_25 25. Translation: Relevance of Spinal Cord Injury Animal Models Seth Tigchelaar1 and Brian K. Kwon2 (1) International Collaboration on Repair…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Norbert Weidner, Rüdiger Rupp and Keith E. Tansey (eds.)Neurological Aspects of Spinal Cord Injury10.1007/978-3-319-46293-6_20 20. The Current Status of Neuroprotection for Spinal Cord Injury Andrea J. Santamaria1 and James D. Guest2 (1) The Miami Project…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Norbert Weidner, Rüdiger Rupp and Keith E. Tansey (eds.)Neurological Aspects of Spinal Cord Injury10.1007/978-3-319-46293-6_19 19. Pathophysiology of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Sebastien Couillard-Despres1 , Lara Bieler1 and Michael Vogl1 (1) Paracelsus Medical University, Institute of…
Stage Description Stage 1 Non–blanchable erythema of intact skin Intact skin with a localized area of non-blanchable erythema, which may appear differently in darkly pigmented skin. Presence of blanchable erythema…
Patient-reported symptom assessments Penn Spasm Frequency Scale Spinal cord injury spasticity evaluation tool (SCI-SET) Patient-reported impact of spasticity measure (PRISM) Clinical assessments of tone Ashworth and modified Ashworth Resistance to…
Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Nociceptive pain Musculoskeletal pain For example Articular trouble/joint pain Fracture-associated pain Spasm-related muscle pain Back pain/lumbago Pain related to heterotopic ossification Visceral pain For…
Category Examples Recommended diagnostics Structural abnormalities of the brain and spinal cord Spinal cord compression from neoplasm or spondylosis, tethered cord syndrome, spinal cord arteriovenous malformation MRI of entire neuraxis…
