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Diagnosis and Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury

  • 1st Edition - May 10, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Rajkumar Rajendram, Victor R. Preedy, Colin R. Martin
  • Language: English

Diagnosis and Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury will enhance readers’ understanding of the complexities of the diagnosis and management of spinal cord injuries. Featuring chapte… Read more

Description

Diagnosis and Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury will enhance readers’ understanding of the complexities of the diagnosis and management of spinal cord injuries. Featuring chapters on drug delivery, exercise, and rehabilitation, this volume discusses in detail the impact of the clinical features, diagnosis, management, and long-term prognosis of spinal cord injuries on the lives of those affected. The book has applicability for neuroscientists, neurologists, clinicians, and anyone working to better understand spinal cord injuries.

Key features

  • Covers both the diagnosis and treatment of spinal cord injury
  • Contains chapter abstracts, key facts, dictionary, and summary points to aid in understanding
  • Features chapters on epidemiology and pain
  • Includes MRI usage, biomarkers, and stem cell and gene therapy for management of spinal cord injury
  • Discusses pain reduction, drug delivery, and rehabilitation

Readership

Neuroscientists, neurologists, clinicians, health scientists, public health workers, doctors, and research scientists. Academic libraries that covers the domains of neurology and health sciences. Undergraduates, postgraduate, lecturers and academic professors

Table of contents

I. Setting The Scene: Introductory Chapters

1. Outcomes of traumatic spinal cord injury in low-resource setting
Avital Yohann, Laura Purcell and Anthony Charles

2. Spine injuries associated with spinal cord injury
Salomón Flórez Jiménez, Etienne Bourassa-Moreau, Jean-Marc Mac-Thiong and Gilles Maurais

3. Body, action and space representations in people affected by spinal cord injuries
Michele Scandola

4. Methods for treating pain and painful syndromes in spinal cord injury: medications, therapies, interventions, and neuromodulation
James J. Bresnahan

II. Clinical Features Of Spinal Injury



5. Factors Contributing To Pressure Injuries In Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
Gabrielle Gour-Provencal and Jehane Dagher

6. Venous thromboembolismin spinal cord injury
Rodrigo Lanna de Almeida

7. Osteoporosis-related fractures: what they are and how they occur following spinal cord injury
Ana Paula Champs

8. Brain atrophy and white matter in compression injury to the spinal cord
Angela Bernabeu-Sanz and Eduardo Fernández-Jover

9. Spasticity in spinal cord injury
Ramiro Palazón-García

10. Falls among individuals living with spinal cord injury
L. Rice

11. Infections and spinal cord injury: Covid 19 and beyond
E. López-Dolado

12. Treating sleep problems in spinal cord injury
David J. Berlowitz and Marnie Graco

III. Diagnosis and Evaluation



13. Biomarkers in spinal cord injury
Tania Cristina Leite de Sampaio e Spohr

14. Quality of life tools for spinal cord injured people
Sebastian Salvador-De La Barrera, Ibone Gimenez-Jimenez, Manuel Astray-Lopaz, Antonio Rodriguez-Sotillo, M. Elena Ferreiro-Velasco and Antonio Montoto-Marqués Sr.

15. S100 in spinal cord injury
George Alexiou

16. Balance measures and assessments in spinal cord injury: a narrative
Kristin Musselman and Jean-Francois Lemay

IV. Treatments: Experimental and Clinical



17. Surgical management of acute spinal cord injury in emergency departments
Federico Fusini, Angela Coniglio, Alessandro Rava, Salvatore Risitano, Alessandro Massè and Massimo Girardo

18. Spinal cord epidural stimulation for autonomic nervous system control
April Herrity

19. Treating spinal cord injury with implanted spinal cord stimulators
Hengze You, Y.-P. Zheng and Monzurul Alam

20. Bowel dysfunction in spinal cord injury
M. Elena Ferreiro-Velasco, Antonio Montoto-Marqués Sr., Maria Eugenia Díaz-Recarey, Renato Vilas-Boas, Sebastian Salvador-De La Barrera and Antonio Rodriguez-Sotillo

21. Management of lower urinary tract dysfunction
Noritoshi Sekido

22. Bed and mattress for preventing pressure injuries after spinal cord injury
Annie Levasseur

23. Nerve and tendon transfers in tetraplegia: a new narrative
Federico Fusini, Paolo Titolo, Stefano Artiaco, Bruno Battiston, Salvatore Risitano and Alessandro Massè

24. Gemini-supported spinal cord transplantation for the treatment of chronic spinal paralysis
Sergio Canavero

25. Chondroitinase ABC I as a novel candidate for reducing damage in spinal cord injury
Khosrow Khalifeh

26. Phenol neurolysis for the management of spasticity in people with spinal cord injury
Radha Korupolu and Lavina Jethani

27. Anti-repulsive guidance molecule-a antibody (RGMa) treatment in spinal cord injury
Toshihide Yamashita

28. Mitochondrial biogenesis for the treatment of spinal cord injury
R. G. Schnellmann, Epiphani Simmons, Natalie Scholpa and Joshua Crossman

29. Exploring the exogenous and endogenous effects of melatonin on spinal cord injury
Yonggeun Hong, Dewan Sumsuzzman and Kanghui Park

30. High-intensity interval training in spinal cord injury
Byron Lai, Jereme Wilroy, and Gordon Fisher

31. Stem cells and chronic spinal cord injury: overview
J. D. Ciacci

32. Gene therapy in spinal cord injury
Simon O'Carroll and Connor Clemett

33. Curcumin usage inflammation and spinal cord injury
K.-T. Kim

34. Use of (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate on spinal cord injury
ali reza Khalatbary

35. Vitamin D supplementation for active individuals with spinal cord injury
Kelly Pritchett, Brianna Rice and Sophia Berg

36. Corticospinal tract regeneration after spinal cord injury: implications for treatment and recovery
P. Lu

37. Trophic factors in patients with spinal cord injury
J. Quintanar

V. Rehabilitation in Spinal Injury



38. Spinal cord injury: Multiple Family Group (MFG) education and support
DENNIS g. Dyck, Crystal Lederhos Smith and Bruce Becker

39. Spinal cord injury rehabilitation: linking service delivery and community integration
Linda Barclay and Gillean Hilton

40. Rehabilitation in spinal cord injury: Exercise and testing for cardiorespiratory endurance and musculoskeletal fitness
Kerri A. Morgan, Kelly L. Taylor, and Susan Tucker

41. Community based activity-based therapy for spinal cord injuries rehabilitation
Natalia Padula and Camila Quel De Oliveira

42. Rehabilitation and the Self-Management App: spinal cord injury
Ben Mortenson, Gurkaran Singh, Megan MacGillivray, Ethan Simpson and Bonita Sawatzky

43. Biomaterials and spinal cord injury and rehabilitation: a new narrative
Filippo Rossi, Giuseppe Perale and Elisa Lacroce

44. Support in spinal cord injury: a focus on robotics
Angel Gil-Agudo and Guillermo Asín-Prieto

VI. Resources



45. Research and Resources
Rajkumar Rajendram

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 18, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editors

RR

Rajkumar Rajendram

Dr Rajkumar Rajendram is a clinician scientist with a focus on internal medicine, anaesthesia, intensive care and peri-operative medicine. He graduated with distinctions from Guy’s, King’s and St. Thomas Medical School, King’s College London in 2001. As an undergraduate he was awarded several prizes, merits and distinctions in pre-clinical and clinical subjects.

Dr Rajendram began his post-graduate medical training in general medicine and intensive care in Oxford. He attained membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) in 2004 and completed specialist training in acute and general medicine in Oxford in 2010. Dr Rajendram subsequently practiced as a Consultant in Acute General Medicine at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.

Dr Rajendram also trained in anaesthesia and intensive care in London and was awarded a fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA) in 2009. He completed advanced training in regional anaesthesia and intensive care. He was awarded a fellowship of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FFICM) in 2013 and obtained the European diploma of intensive care medicine (EDIC) in 2014. He then moved to the Royal Free London Hospitals as a Consultant in Intensive Care, Anaesthesia and Peri-operative Medicine. He has been a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCP Edin) and the Royal College of Physicians of London (FRCP Lond) since 2017 and 2019 respectively. He is currently a Consultant in Internal Medicine at King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Heath Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Dr Rajendram’s focus on improving outcomes from Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has involved research on point of care ultrasound and phenotypes of COVID-19. Dr Rajendram also recognises that nutritional support is a fundamental aspect of medical care. This is particularly important for patients with COVID-19. As a clinician scientist he has therefore devoted significant time and effort into nutritional science research and education. He is an affiliated member of the Nutritional Sciences Research Division of King’s College London and has published over 400 textbook chapters, review articles, peer-reviewed papers and abstracts.

Affiliations and expertise
Consultant, Medical Protocol Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Heath Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

VP

Victor R. Preedy

Victor R. Preedy BSc, PhD, DSc, FRSB, FRSPH, FRSC, FRCPath graduated with an Honours Degree in Biology and Physiology with Pharmacology. After gaining his University of London PhD, he received his Membership of the Royal College of Pathologists. He was later awarded his second doctorate (DSc), for his contribution to protein metabolism in health and disease. He is Professor of Clinical Biochemistry (Hon) at King’s College Hospital and Emeritus Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry at King’s College London. He has Honorary Professorships at the University of Hull, and the University of Suffolk. Professor Preedy was the Founding Director and then long-term Director of the Genomics Centre at King’s College London from 2006 to 2020. Professor Preedy has been awarded fellowships of the Royal Society of Biology, the Royal College of Pathologists, the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, the Royal Institute of Public Health, the Royal Society for Public Health, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Royal Society of Medicine. He carried out research when attached to the National Heart Hospital (part of Imperial College London), The School of Pharmacy (now part of University College London) and the MRC Centre at Northwick Park Hospital. He has collaborated with international research groups in Finland, Japan, Australia, USA, and Germany. To his credit, Professor Preedy has published over 750 articles, which includes peer-reviewed manuscripts based on original research, abstracts and symposium presentations, reviews and edited books.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, King’s College Hospital, London, UK; Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King’s College London, UK; Visiting Professor, University of Hull, UK

CM

Colin R. Martin

Colin R. Martin RN, BSc, MSc, PhD, MBA, YCAP, FHEA, C.Psychol, AFBPsS, C.Sci is Professor of Clinical Psychobiology and Applied Psychoneuroimmunology and Clinical Director of the Institute of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Suffolk, UK. He is a Chartered Health Psychologist and a Chartered Scientist. He also trained in analytical biochemistry, this aspect reflecting the psychobiological focus of much of his research within mental health. He has published or has in press well over 300 research papers and book chapters. He is a keen book author and editor having written and/or edited more than 50 books. These outputs include the prophetic insight into the treatment of neurological disease, Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition (2011), Nanomedicine and the Nervous System (2012), Oxidative Stress and Dietary Antioxidants in Neurological Disease (2020), Zika Virus Impact, Diagnosis, Control and Models (2021), Factors Affecting Neurodevelopment: Genetics, Neurology, Behavior and Diet (2021), Diagnosis and Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury (2022), The Neurobiology, Physiology, and Psychology of Pain (2022) and The Handbook of Lifespan Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Childhood, Adolescence, Pregnancy, Adulthood, and Aging (2023). Professor Martin is particularly interested in all aspects of the relationship between underlying physiological substrates and behavior, particularly in how these relationships manifest in both acute and chronic psychiatric disorder. He has published original research germane to significant mental health disorders including the areas of schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, alcohol and drug dependency, high secure forensic mental health and personality disorder. He has a keen interest in the impact of postviral illness and is actively involved in clinical research post-Covid pandemic and in particular, the impact of Long Covid on psychological, neurological, physiological and social functioning. He is involved in collaborative International research with many European and Non-European countries.
Affiliations and expertise
Visiting Professor of Perinatal Wellbeing, Institute for Health and Wellbeing, University of Suffolk, Ipswich, UK

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