Acute spinal cord injury patients—Who cares?

Health problems after spinal cord injury rehabilitation: who cares?

The main aim of the project was to improve follow-up care for persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) after clinical rehabilitation by introducing transmural care in the rehabilitation sector. After discharge from rehabilitation, persons with SCI experience many health problems in daily life, for which they would like to receive better support. We undertook the following activities: (1) a survey ...

Spinal cord injury: acute care management.

This article has been subjected to double blind peer review The first two articles in this series described the anatomy and physiology of the vertebral column and spinal cord, and examined the aetiology and pathophysiology of spinal cord injuries (Sheerin 2004, 2005). These provide a basis for understanding the presentation and management of spinal cord injuries. It is difficult to be prescript...

Acute spinal cord injury - the unchanged challenges!

[Pathophysiology of acute spinal cord injury].

Spinal cord injury is one of the most devastating of all traumatic conditions that can be encountered by patients. Over the past years much research has been performed on elucidating the mechanisms of spinal cord injury. Experimental and clinical studies have suggested that acute spinal cord injury is a two-step process involving primary and secondary mechanisms. Primary injury of the spinal co...

Enolase and Acute Spinal Cord Injury

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a debilitating neurological condition that affects approximately 285,000 people living in the United States [1]. Each year there are 17,500 new cases of SCI, most of whom are males (81%). Less than 1% of people hospitalized for this injury recover complete neurological function by the time they are discharged, and for most, the effects are life-long. Depending on age...