
Spinal Cord Injury, An Issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America
- 1st Edition, Volume 31-3 - July 13, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editor: John L. Lin
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 5 6 3 9 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 5 6 4 0 - 2
This issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics, guest edited by Drs. John L. Lin, will discuss a number of important topics around Spinal Cord Injury. This issue of one… Read more

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Request a sales quoteThis issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics, guest edited by Drs. John L. Lin, will discuss a number of important topics around Spinal Cord Injury. This issue of one of four issues selected each year by series Consulting Editor, Santos Martinez. Topics discussed in this issue include, but are not limited to: Updates for the International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury, Approaching Prognosis for Recovery after SCI, Cognitive Dysfunction in Persons with Spinal Cord Injuries, Spinal Cord Injury Pain: updated for the 21st century, Pulmonary management in patients with spinal cord injury, Therapeutic interventions to improve mobility with spinal cord injury related upper motor neuron syndromes, Neurogenic bowel management using trans-anal irrigation by persons with spinal cord injury, Heterotopic Ossification: beyond etidronate, Orthopedic Surgical Management of Upper Extremity Dysfunctions in Pediatric Populations with Spinal Cord injury, and Vocational Rehab and employment after spinal cord injury, among others.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America
- Foreword
- Preface
- Neurogenic Bowel Management Using Transanal Irrigation by Persons with Spinal Cord Injury
- Key points
- Introduction
- What happened next?
- Spinalis
- Low attention to neurogenic bowel
- Pathophysiology of the neurogenic bowel
- Neurogenic bowel in real life
- Bowel management interventions pyramid
- The Claes Hultling technique
- When is it appropriate to start using transanal irrigation?
- The transanal irrigation method
- How to use transanal irrigation
- Antegrade colonic irrigation/enema
- Sacral anterior root stimulator
- Future directions
- Updates of the International Standards for Neurologic Classification of Spinal Cord Injury: 2015 and 2019
- Key points
- Introduction
- 2015 updates to the International Standards for Neurologic Classification of Spinal Cord Injury
- 2019 revisions of the International Standards for Neurologic Classification of Spinal Cord Injury
- International Standards for Neurologic Classification of Spinal Cord Injury revisions in the research setting
- Summary
- Predicting Outcomes After Spinal Cord Injury
- Key points
- Case 1
- Case 2
- Introduction
- Assessing severity of injury after traumatic spinal cord injury
- Relationship between timing of assessment and prognosis
- Special factors that have an impact on functional/neurologic recovery
- General trends in natural recovery after traumatic spinal cord injury
- Complete spinal cord injury: conversion of complete to incomplete
- Special features of recovery in complete tetraplegia
- Special features of recovery in complete paraplegia
- Sensory incomplete, motor complete (American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale B) spinal cord injury
- Motor incomplete (American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale C and D) spinal cord injury
- Determinants of walking after spinal cord injury
- Role of imaging for prognosis and functional recovery
- Discussing prognosis
- Case review
- Summary
- Cognitive Dysfunction in Persons with Chronic Spinal Cord Injuries
- Key points
- Introduction
- Cognitive dysfunction in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury
- Proposed mechanisms of cognitive dysfunction in individuals with spinal cord injury
- Significance of cognitive dysfunction for individuals with spinal cord injury
- Treatment of cognitive dysfunction in individuals with spinal cord injury
- Summary
- Management Strategies for Spinal Cord Injury Pain Updated for the Twenty-First Century
- Key points
- Introduction
- Pharmacologic
- Summary
- Conventional Respiratory Management of Spinal Cord Injury
- Key points
- Pathophysiology
- Evaluation
- Conventional interventions
- Phrenic nerve pacing
- Sleep-disordered breathing
- Acute patient assessment and management
- Tracheostomy
- Decannulation
- Tracheostomy management outcomes
- Quality of life
- Noninvasive Respiratory Management of Spinal Cord Injury
- Key points
- Noninvasive interventions
- Noninvasive ventilatory support
- Acute patient assessment and management
- Cardiometabolic Disease and Dysfunction Following Spinal Cord Injury: Origins and Guideline-Based Countermeasures
- Key points
- Cardioendocrine disease
- Definition and surveillance of cardiometabolic syndrome
- Lifestyle intervention
- Alternative interventions for cardiometabolic syndrome risks
- Bariatric surgery for cardiometabolic disease risk
- Summary
- Therapeutic Interventions to Improve Mobility with Spinal Cord Injury Related Upper Motor Neuron Syndromes
- Key points
- Introduction
- Restoration of walking function after spinal cord injury
- Wheeled mobility
- Summary
- Nerve and Tendon Transfers After Spinal Cord Injuries in the Pediatric Population: Clinical Decision Making and Rehabilitation Strategies to Optimize Function
- Key points
- Patient selection and timing of referral
- Surgical considerations
- Outcomes
- Summary
- Hand Reconstruction in Children with Spinal Cord Injury
- Key points
- Introduction
- Nonoperative management
- Surgical management
- Outcomes
- Summary
- 30 Years After the Americans with Disabilities Act: Perspectives on Employment for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury
- Key points
- Introduction
- Employment as a part of spinal cord injury rehabilitation
- Employment and spinal cord injury: comparison with the general population, 1996 to 2015
- Health care implications
- Vocational rehabilitation for persons with spinal cord injury: state of the art
- Foundational principles in state-of-the-art vocational rehabilitation
- Models of effective employment services in spinal cord injury rehabilitation
- Early intervention: a window of possibility
- Summary
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 31-3
- Published: July 13, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323756396
- eBook ISBN: 9780323756402