Natural Course of Disease of Spinal Cord Injury
C5 C6 C7 C8 T1 Muscles groupsa Elbow flexors Wrist extensors Elbow extensors Finger flexors to the middle finger Small finger abductors Personal independenceb Type, feed Drink, wash, shave,…
Spinal Cord Imaging
10.8.1 X-Ray Imaging This is an X-ray image of EH post spine surgery. You can clearly see her vertebrae, as well as the metal screws and rod that were inserted…
Pattern of Neurological Dysfunction in Spinal Cord Disease
Fig. 3.1 Most common pattern of spinal cord damage in relation to the cross-sectional area affected. (a) Cross section of the intact spinal cord: spinal cord gray matter (gray), dorsal…
Neuroregeneration
Fig. 21.1 Axonal degeneration, regeneration, and sprouting after spinal cord injury. (a) Injured non-regenerating axons display dystrophic retraction bulbs and Wallerian degeneration of the distal axon segment. Axon regeneration can…
Spinal Cord Neurophysiology
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…
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…
