Spinal Cord Vascular Disease
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…
Clinical Trials and Spinal Cord Injury: Challenges and Therapeutic Interventions
© 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,…
Translation: Relevance of Spinal Cord Injury Animal Models
© 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…
The Current Status of Neuroprotection for Spinal Cord Injury
© 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…
Pathophysiology of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
© 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…
Medical Complications of Spinal Cord Injury: Bone, Metabolic, Pressure Ulcers, and Sexuality and Fertility
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…
Spasticity
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…
Diagnostics and Treatment of Pain in Spinal Cord Injury
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…
Metabolic, Toxic, Hereditary, and Rare Causes of Spinal Cord Disease
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…
Epidemiology of Spinal Cord Injury
Country Year Prevalence (cases/million population) USA [6] 2013 906 Canada [7] 2010 1298 Norway [8] 2002 365 Finland [9] 1999 280 Australia [10] 1997 681 Germany [11] 2015 500 France…
