- Anatomy of a Spinal Cord Injury
Article walks you through the anatomy of the spinal cord and the body's nerve system. Good place to start if you want to understand how a spinal cord injury (SCI) affects the body. Includes drawings of the spinal canal and the spinal nerve system.
- Bracing: A Treatment Option for Spinal Cord Injury
After a spinal cord injury (SCI), you may have to wear a brace. The type of brace depends on your injury, where it's located, and the severity of your symptoms. Read about the most commonly used braces for SCI, including halo rings.
- Causes of a Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal cord injuries (SCI) can be caused by trauma: car accidents and diving accidents, for example. It can also be caused by various conditions, including arachnoiditis and spondylosis. Article covers common and uncommon SCI causes.
- Common Spinal Cord Injury Questions
Does a spinal cord injury always cause paralysis? Does the cord have to be severed to be considered a true SCI? Does a broken neck automatically mean an SCI? Find answers to these and other common spinal cord injury questions.
- Drugs and Medications for Spinal Cord Injury
Drugs and medications may be used to treat spinal cord injury. Different medications are used for the primary injury and for the secondary conditions that can develop. What you're prescribed depends on your symptoms and specific injury.
- Exams and Tests for Spinal Cord Injury
It can be easy to identify a spinal cord injury, but it can be hard to identify the extent of the injury right after it happens. Doctors use various scales to assess the SCI, including the ASIA Impairment Scale.
- Experimental Treatments for Spinal Cord Injury
Many research studies are being done right now on improving treatments for spinal cord injury (SCI) patients. Learn about the latest treatments, including devices that make it easier to breathe and that can help people walk.
- Facts and Tips about Spinal Cord Injury
- On-field Hypothermia Saves Everett
When Buffalo Bills’ tight end Kevin Everett made a heads-down tackle on Sunday’s game with Denver, the resulting severe spinal cord injury stunned crowds and has created a media sensation.
- Preventing Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
Spinal cord injury prevention tips, including tips on avoiding injury while biking, skateboarding, swimming, and doing other sports. Quality information provided by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
- Rehabilitation after Spinal Cord Injury
After a spinal cord injury (SCI), you may need to go through rehabilitation to learn how to face various physical, occupational, and emotional challenges. A team of professionals will work with you in rehab.
- Specific Sports Related to Spinal Cord Injuries
Cycling and football are two activities that can be dangerous for your cervical spine (neck). This article includes statistics about spinal cord injuries related to these specific sports.
- Spinal Cord Injury
Every year, an estimated 11,000 spinal cord injuries occur in the US. Most are caused by spinal trauma.
- Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): Damage Control and Treatment
Each patient's inury is unique. Treatment begins with the emergency medical personnel who make an initial evaluation and immobilize the patient for transport.
- Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): Aftermath and Diagnosis
The spinal cord does not have to be severed to cause paraylsis. Even bruising the spinal cord can cause symptoms.
- Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): Diagnosis, Evaluation and Treatment
The symptoms of a possible spinal cord injury include extreme pain or pressure in the neck, head or back.
- Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): Spine Surgery and Complications
Even if surgery cannot reverse damage to the spinal cord, surgery may be needed to stabilize the spine to prevent future pain or deformity.
- Spinal Cord Injury and Procord
Proneuron Biotechnologies has developed an experimental cell therapy called Procord to help patients who have sustained a recent spinal cord injury.
- Spinal Cord Injury FAQ
Facts about spinal cord injury include the difference between a complete and incomplete injury, the symptoms and signs, and currently available treatments.
- Spinal Cord Injury Glossary
Complete list of words you have to know related to spinal cord injury (SCI). Quick definitions to help you understand the most common SCI terms.
- Spinal Cord Injury Prevention
Some spinal cord injuries (SCI) can be prevented if you follow these tips for driving and playing sports. Here, you can also learn tips about how to fall proof your home, another way to prevent SCI.
- Spinal Cord Injury Treatments
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is made up of two parts: the primary and secondary injury. A neurosurgeon explains what happens to the spine in both parts of SCI, and he reviews current treatment methods and research on developing treatments.
- Spinal Cord Injury: Glossary
Glossary defining terms related to spinal cord injury.
- Spinal Cord Injury: SCI PreventionTips
Tips to help prevent spinal cord injury from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons include motor vehicle safety tips, how to prevent falls at home, and water and sports safety.
- Spinal Cord Injury: Treating Paralysis
Treatment in a rehab center is geared towards helping the patient maximize their ability to function and to prevent complications that typically occur with a spinal cord injury (SCI). Learn the typical treatments for SCI.
- Spine Specialists On-Call: Paralysis - How Close Are We to Walking Again?
Medical and allied health professionals define paralysis in terms of function. Some patients have what are called incomplete spinal cord injuries.
- SpineUniverse Editorial Board Member Barth A. Green, MD Inducted into the 2006 Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Hall of Fame™
Doctor Barth Green, co-founder and president of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, inducted into the 2006 Spinal Cord Injury Hall of Fame™.
- Sports and Spinal Cord Injuries: Prevention Tips
This article includes sport-specific tips on how to prevent spinal cord injuries.
- Sports-related Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries
This article describes the varying degrees of cervical spinal cord injuries. In addition, it includes sports-related information, including the top sports that contribute to spinal cord injury.
- Sports-related Neck Injuries
Sports can contribute to neck injuries of varying degrees of severity, from neck fractures to spinal cord injury. This article explains neck injuries that are often caused by sports, and includes an overview of some potentially dangerous sports.
- Surgery for Spinal Cord Injury
The surgeon will make the best recommendation about surgery following a spinal cord injury (SCI). That includes the type of surgery used and when it will be done. Surgery performed after an SCI may include a decompression and fusion.
- Symptoms of a Spinal Cord Injury
The symptoms of spinal cord injury (SCI) vary from case to case. It depends on the cause and location of the SCI. Symptoms range from pain to paralysis, including paraplegia or quadriplegia.
- Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Spinal Cord Injuries
This article provides signs and symptoms that may alert you to a neck fracture or spinal cord injury. It also features diagnostic testing and treatment options that may be necessary, depending on your level of injury.
- What is Spinal Cord Injury?
Basic overview of spinal cord injury (SCI). Get fast details on complete and incomplete SCI. Learn when complete paralysis is involved. Article also covers varying types of SCI.
