Spinal Cord Injury – Related Pain
Disease/Disorder Definition Persistent pain is a common physical sequela of spinal cord injury (SCI). It is defined as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage.1 Taxonomies classifying pain after SCI have evolved, more recently converging into […]
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
[…] of this transition is crucial. References Crispo J, Liu L, Noonan V, Thorogood N, Kwon B, et al. Pediatric traumatic spinal cord injury in the United States: a national inpatient analysis. Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil. 2022;28(1):1-12. https://doi: 10.46292/sci21-00047. Yadav A, Singh […]
Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiological Abnormality
Disease/Disorder Definition Spinal cord injury without radiological abnormality (SCIWORA) involves symptoms of a traumatic myelopathy without evidence of fracture or ligamentous instability on radiograph or computed tomography (CT).1 The term was coined prior to the availability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) yet […]
Autonomic Dysreflexia in Spinal Cord Injury
Disease/Disorder Definition Autonomic dysreflexia (AD) in spinal cord injury (SCI) is a potentially life-threatening syndrome which results from a response to stimuli below the neurologic level of injury (NLI) resulting in a sympathetic nervous system response below the level of injury, leading […]
Pediatric Spinal Cord Tumors
Disease/Disorder Definition Spinal cord tumors are rare central nervous system (CNS) tumors that involve the primary spinal cord, spinal meninges, or cauda equina. Unlike in adults, spinal cord tumors in children are usually primary tumors, not metastases. Etiology Multifactorial changes […]
Infectious Disorders of the Spinal Cord
[…] Aspergillus and Candida. Common fungal species include the following: Aspergillus Candida Cryptococcus Coccidioides Blastomyces Parasitic infections can also lead to spinal cord injury in rare cases. Epidemiology including risk factors and primary prevention The incidence of spine infections has been increasing, and […]
Assessment/Determination of Spinal Column Stability
[…] M, Schnake K, Bellabarba C, Reinhold M, Aarabi B, Kandziora F, Chapman J, Shanmuganathan R, Fehlings M, Vialle L; AOSpine Spinal Cord Injury & Trauma Knowledge Forum. AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system: fracture description, neurological status, and key modifiers. Spine (Phila […]
Spinal Tumors
[…] around the tumor can increase compression. Both invasion and compression of the cord can result in clinical presentation of a spinal cord injury. Table 1: Categorization of Spinal Tumors by Anatomical Location9 Spinal Tumors – Table 1 Disease progression including natural history, […]
Overuse Injuries of the Upper Extremities in Disorders of the Central Nervous System
[…] ability to repair and adapt, leading to injury of bones, muscles, tendons, or ligaments.1,2 Central nervous system (CNS) disorders (e.g., spinal cord injury (SCI), stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI), multiple sclerosis) result in mobility impairments that force patients to put a greater […]
Pediatric Anoxic Brain Injury
[…] afferent thalamocortical integrity.1 SSEP is used as a neurophysiologic test for assessing integrity of neuronal pathways from the peripheral nerves, spinal cord, brainstem and cerebral cortex. Most reliable evoked potential waveform as median N20 component of SSEP Median N20 SSEP: […]