Wheelchair and Power Mobility for Adults
[…] Cooper R, Boninger ML, Teodorski E, Thorman T, Pelleschi T, et al. Chapter 44: Wheelchairs and seating for people with spinal cord injury. In: Kirshblum SC, Lin VW, eds. Spinal Cord Medicine: Principles and Practice. 3rd ed. New York, NY: Demos Medical; […]
Cervical Radiculopathy
[…] in relieving chronic intractable pain of cervical origin.23 The potential risks associated with this route of injection include epidural hematoma, spinal cord injury, dural puncture, and headache. Stojanovic et al. evaluated 38 epidurograms of interlaminar epidural steroid injection and noted that the […]
Upper Extremity Proximal Mononeuropathies
[…] compromised can lead to the shoulder girdle and upper extremity pain, weakness, and loss of function. These nerves include the spinal accessory, long thoracic, upper/lower subscapular nerves, axillary, suprascapular, and musculocutaneous nerves. Etiology All are vulnerable to injury from blunt […]
Traumatic Lumbosacral Plexopathy
[…] Trauma can result in compression, stretching, or laceration of plexus components, perineural fibrosis, or avulsion of nerve roots from the spinal cord.5 The type and degree of nerve injury within the lumbosacral plexus depends on the mechanism and severity of […]
Lumbar Radiculopathy
Disease/Disorder Definition Lumbar radiculopathy refers to a pathologic condition affecting the lumbar nerve roots. In practical terms, radiculopathy is spinal nerve-related symptoms, such as pain, with variable presence of paresthesias, weakness, reflex changes, and secondary interference of normal activities. Etiology […]
Intrathecal Pump Management
[…] as first-line intrathecal therapies for chronic intractable pain (benign or malignant). Baclofen is indicated for chronic spasticity of spinal (traumatic spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis) or cerebral (acquired brain injury, cerebral palsy and stroke) origin. For spasticity of spinal origin, each […]
Sleep Disorders in Diseases of the Central Nervous System
[…] of the central nervous system (CNS) and in neuro-degenerative disorders. Sleep disorders have been studied in traumatic brain injury (TBI), spinal cord injury (SCI), stroke, Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, dementia, and other neurologic conditions. A multitude of sleep disorders have been described including […]
Vascular Malformations of the Brain and Spine in Children
[…] to accommodate for resultant persistent functional impairments. Social Acute neurologic sequala with resultant functional impairment from an acquired brain or spinal cord injury requires good family and social support. As the child transitions back into the home, school and community, proper accommodation […]
Core Strengthening
[…] harmony to counterbalance anterior, posterior, lateral, and rotational forces. They are considered a natural human brace or corset to provide spinal, pelvic, and kinetic chain stability and protection. Core strengthening targets the trunk muscles including transversus abdominis, quadratus lumborum, and […]
Knee Neuropathies
[…] of freeze-killed nerve grafts. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology, 16(5), 411-421. Chu, T., & Wu, W. (2009). Neurotrophic factor treatment after spinal root avulsion injury. Cent Nerv Syst Agents Med Chem, 9(1), 40-55. Thanos, P., Okajima, S., Tiangco, D., & Terzis, […]