Spinal Cord Disease

Spinal Cord Injury or disease can happen to anyone at any time and the effects can be devastating. I found this out personally when I was thrown from the back of a pick up truck at age 15 was left paralyzed from the waist down. It was during my recuperation as a young teenager that I first gained insight into the importance of rehabilitation. My family, doctors, nurses, fellow patients and researchers who were dedicated to helping me over come my personal tragedy helped me pull through. Today, rehabilita tion medicine is taking great strides and empowering the person with the injury to take control of their future, overcome their setbacks and, through collaborative support, reach their personal goals and potential. Since 1987 the Legacy raised by my Man in Motion World Tour (24901 miles wheeled around the world March 1985-May 1987) has pro $13 million dollars to research and rehabilitation in the areas vided over of spinal cord injury. I hope that in some small way this funding has contributed to the development of the vital programmes that supported me and many others. The effects of spinal cord injury are traumatic and life-shattering and require a skilled interdisciplinary approach. I congratulate those who have contributed to this book and challenge each one of you to never give up on your dreams to find the answers to the optimum treatment of spinal cord injury and disease.

Klappentext

This book provides a comprehensive review of the basic science, diagnosis and management of spinal cord problems with particular reference to the choice of investigative techniques, advances in understanding the underlying patho-physiology, treatment and rehabilitation. Based on the previously successful Diseases of the Spinal Cord, most of the material has been completely revised and re-written to bring it up to date with the new developments which have appeared since publication of the original book in 1991. The resul t is a sound and comprehensive manual for the Clinician, valuable for learning, review and reference. Basic sciences including spasticity and pain are discussed, while new chapters include the effects on the autonomic nervous system, psycho-social and sexual problems and medico-legal aspects. Aids, tropical medicine, the effects on the cervical spine of disease and trauma receive particular attention.

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1. Introduction.- 2. Anatomical Basis of Spinal Cord Function.- 3. Prospects for Spinal Cord Repair after Injury.- 4. Spinal Modulation of Noxious Stimuli.- 5. Spasticity.- 6. Hazards of Spinal/Lumbar Puncture.- 7. Neuropathology.- 8. Embryology and Paediatric Aspects of Spinal Disorders.- 9. Imaging of the Spine and Spinal Cord.- 10. Clinical Features of Spinal Compression.- 11. Electrophysiological Investigation of Disorders of the Spinal Cord.- 12. Radiculopathy due to Diseases other than Disc Disease.- 13. Autonomic Dysfunction in Spinal Cord Disease.- 14. Trauma to the Cervical Spine.- 15. Disc and Degenerative Disease: Stenosis, Spondylosis and Subluxation.- 16. Craniocervical Anomalies and Non-traumatic Syringomyelia.- 17. Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Cervical Spine.- 18. Meningitic Disorders and Myelopathies.- 19. Myelopathies in HIV Infection.- 20. Disorders of the Anterior Horn Cell.- 21. Tropical Diseases of the Spinal Cord.- 22. The Conus Medullaris and Sphincter Control.- 23. Psychosexual and Psychosocial Aspects of Spinal Cord Disease.- 24. Spinal Vascular Disease.- 25. Decompression Illnesses and the Spinal Cord.- 26. Inherited Diseases of the Spinal Cord.- 27. Deficiency Diseases of the Spinal Cord.- 28. Vertebral Body Collapse.- 29. Spinal Epidural Abscess.- 30. Spinal Tumours.- 31. Trauma and Paraplegia.- 32. SCI Rehabilitation: Concepts, Mobility, Functional Electrical Stimulation, Spasticity.