Peripheral Neurological Recovery and Regeneration
Overview and Description The peripheral nervous system includes all nerves and ganglia located outside of the brain and spinal cord and is divided into the somatic and autonomic nervous systems. The somatic nervous system is made up of both motor […]
Post-Traumatic Syringomyelia
[…] sensation, and loss of bladder and bowel functions. Post-traumatic syringomyelia (PTS) occurs as a delayed complication in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) but can also occur spontaneously or congenitally. Non-traumatic causes of syringomyelia will not be covered here.1 Etiology After […]
Impaired Thermoregulation
[…] Etiology Impaired thermoregulation arises from various factors that disrupt the body’s ability to maintain core temperature. Neurological conditions, such as spinal cord injury (SCI), particularly those with level of injury above T6, traumatic brain injury (TBI), stroke, and brainstem lesions are significant […]
Natural Recovery and Regeneration of the Central Nervous System
[…] that central nervous system (CNS) axons have limited regenerative capacity following stroke, brain injury, cerebral palsy, degenerative brain diseases, or spinal cord injury, emerging evidence suggests that this potential can be enhanced through modulation of intrinsic neuronal growth programs and the surrounding […]
Performing Arts Medicine
[…] thorough investigation of the musculoskeletal and neurological systems. Pay special attention to abnormalities or asymmetries in resting and dynamic posture, spinal and pelvic alignment, joint ranges of motion, muscle imbalances in tension, bulk, or flexibility, poor firing patterns like scapular […]
Transverse Myelitis
[…] and 21 days after onset of symptoms (part of diagnostic criteria).2 Clinically, it can present as a complete or partial spinal cord injury syndrome. Complete ATM characteristically results in paresis of lower and/or upper extremities and a sensory level, whereas a partial […]
Pediatric Syringomyelia
[…] Neural tube defects Myelomeningocele Tethered cord syndrome Chiari malformations Acquired Post-infectious Meningitis, arachnoiditis Post-inflammatory Transverse myelitis, sarcoidosis, multiple sclerosis Post-traumatic Spinal cord injury, postsurgical, arachnoid scarring Neoplastic Spinal cord tumors (ependymomas and hemangioblastomas) Extramedullary tumors Familial Idiopathic underlying cause is unknown The […]
Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy (Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy)
[…] to optimize rehabilitation outcomes.18 Research in applying advances in neuroprotective, neuroregenerative, and neuromodulation interventions, which are being studied for traumatic spinal cord injury and other neurological disorders, is very limited in DCM and has been recognized as a future priority.19 Riluzole, an […]
Burn Rehabilitation
[…] the most destructive stress response on the body when compared to sepsis and other forms of trauma, including brain injury, spinal cord injury, and polytrauma.6 Burn injuries ignite local and systemic responses throughout the body. In local responses, there are three zones […]
Metabolic / Nutritional / Toxic / Radiation Myelopathies
[…] used, including the Functional Independence Measure, the WeeFIM for children, the Spinal Cord Independence Measure, and/or the Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury. Cognition can be screened using the Mini-Mental Status Examination. Laboratory studies Tests may include the following5-6 Vitamin B12 deficiency: […]