Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating neurological condition that affects individuals worldwide, significantly reducing quality of life, for both patients and their families. In recent years there has been a growing interest in cell therapy potential in the context of spinal cord injuries. The present review aims to discuss and compare the restorative approaches based on the current knowled...

We conducted a retrospective study in which we related the outcome of spinal cord injury to the presence of serious accompanying injuries. From 1974 through 1979, 144 patients with spinal cord trauma were admitted to the Acute Spinal Cord Injury Unit of Sunnybrook Medical Centre, 27 (19%) of whom had other major injuries of Grade 3 or higher according to the Abbreviated Injury Scale. These addi...

Objectives: Wheelchairs are the prime mobility aid of persons with spinal cord injuries. Manual wheelchair propulsion puts a lot of demand on the cardiopulmonary as well as the skeletal system. The main purpose of the study was to compare the effects of both arm ergometry training and progressive resistance exercise training of upper limbs on resting heart rate and distance covered during wheel...

Thoracolumbar fractures occur from any and all forms of trauma. Twenty percent of them may be associated with neurological deficits. In high energy trauma, up to 5% of patients will have non-contiguous fractures (i.e. segmental fractures.) Sixty percent of patients with spinal cord injuries will have associated non-spinal injuries. The management of thoracolumbar fractures continues to evolve. ...