Spinal Cord Medicine: Principles and Practice

V: Neurologic Aspects of Spinal Cord Care: 35. Acute Nontraumatic Myelopathies; 36. Chronic Nontraumatic Myelopathies; 37. Multiple Sclerosis; 38. Pain Management in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury; 39. New Advances in the Surgical Treatment of Non-Traumatic Myelopathies; 40. Spasticity: Pathophysiology, Assessment, and Management; 41. Autonomic Dysfunction in Spinal Cord Disease; 42. Syringomyelia; 43. Surgical Treatment of Posttraumatic Tethered and Cystic Spinal Cords; 44. Dual Diagnosis: Spinal Cord Injury and Brain Injury; 45. Spinal Cord Disorders in Children and Adolescents; VI: Musculoskeletal Care: 46. Musculoskeletal Pain and Overuse Injuries; 47. Extremity Fractures in Spinal Cord Injury; 48. Functional Restoration of the Upper Extremity in Tetraplegia; 49. Medical Management of Pressure Ulcers; 50. The Surgical Management of Pressure Ulcers; 51. Heterotopic Ossification; 52. Scoliosis and Spinal Deformities: Avoiding and Managing Neurologic Deficits; 53. The Spondyloarthropathies; 54. Surgical Management of Spondyloarthropathies in the Spinal Cord Injury Patient; VII: Rehabilitation: 55. Wheelchairs and Seating for People with Spinal Cord Injuries; 56. Spinal Orthoses; 57. Upper Limb Orthoses; 58. Lower Limb Othoses and Rehabilitation; 59. Activities of Daily Living; 60. Recreation and Leisure Skills for People with Spinal Cord Disorders; 61. Vocational Rehabilitation and Spinal Cord Injury; 62. Driving with a Spinal Cord Disorder; 63. Functional Electrical Stimulation; 64. Cardiovascular Fitness and Exercise Prescription after Spinal Cord Injury; 65. Architectural Considerations for Improving Access; VIII: Recent Advances in Spinal Cord Research: 66. Mechanisms and Natural History of Spinal Cord Injury: Morphological, Cellular, and Molecular Features; 67. Acute Treatment Strategies for Spinal Cord Injury: Pharmacological Interventions, Hypothermia, and Surgical Decompression; 68. Traversing Barriers in the Spinal Cord Microenvironment that Prevent's Functional Recovery: Interventions to Prevent Cell Death and Promote Neuroplasticity and Regeneration; 69. Reconstructing the Microenvironment of the Injured Spinal Cord:Cell Transplantation and Bridge Building to Enhance Functional Recovery; 70. A Review of Clinical Trials and Future Directions for Clinical Studies in Acute Spinal Cord Injury; 71. Considerations for the Translation of Pre-Clinical Discoveries and Valid Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trials; 72. Retraining the Human Spinal Cord: Exercise Interventions to Enhance Recovery after a Spinal Cord Injury; 73. Epidural Spinal Cord Stimulation to Facilitate Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury: Combinations of Therapies for Synergistic Outcomes; 74. Functional Magnetic Stimulation; 75. Restoration of Ventilation and Cough with Functional Electrical Stimulation: Patient Evaluation and Comparison of Currently Available Systems; IX: Special Topics in Spinal Cord Medicine: 76. History of Spinal Cord Medicine; 77. Psychological Factors in Spinal Cord Injury; 78. Social Issues in Spinal Cord Injury; 79. Caring for Spinal Cord Injury with Complementary and Alternative Medicine; 80. The Financial Impact of Spinal Cord Dysfunction; 81. The Prevention of Spinal Cord Injury; 82. Model Spinal Cord Injury Systems of Care; 83. VA Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders System of Care; 84. International Perspectives on Spinal Cord Injury Care; 85. Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine Clinical Practice Guidelines; 86. Subspecialty Certification in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine; The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities; 88. Health Industry and Product Information; Index