Offers guidance on management decision making during the acute, subacute, and chronic phases of spinal cord injury

Covers all forms of spinal cord injury and all affected organ systems

Will aid a wide range of physicians and other professional personnel during their daily practice

1. Introduction.- 2. Development and functional anatomy of the spinal cord.- 3. Kinesiology and kinematics of extremities for functional retraining.- 4. Functional goals according to the level of injury.- 5. Biomechanics of the spinal cord.- 6. Fractures of the spine.- 7. Imaging of spinal cord injuries.- 8. Pharmacotherapy in spinal cord medicine.- 9. Physical and neurolgocial examination of spinal cord injuries.- 10. Epidemiology of spinal cord injuries.- 11. Standards for neurological classification of spinal cord injuries.- 12. Spinal shock and its clinical implications. 13. Acute phase management of spinal cord injuries.- 14. Nontraumatic spinal cord injuries.- 15. Incomplete syndromes.- 16. Cauda equina and conus medullaris injuries.- 17. Posttraumatic syringomyelia.- 18. Automonic nervous system in spinal cord injuries.- 19. Cardiovascular dysfunctions.- 20. Respiratory dysfunction and care.- 21. Autonomic dysreflexia.- 22. Orthostatic hypotension and supine hypertension.- 23. Venous thromboembolism: prevention and treatment.- 24. Electrolyte disorder.- 25. Metabolic syndrome.- 26. Voiding dysfunction and genitourinary complications.- 27. Bowel dysfunction and gastrointestinal complications.- 28. Sexuality changes.- 29. Pressure injuries.- 30. Thermoregulatory dysfunction.- 31. Spasticity.- 32. Heterotopic ossification.- 33. Pain types and taxonomy.- 34. Child spinal cord injuries/lesions.- 35. Elderly spinal cord injuries.- 36. Dual injury.- 37. Sleep disorders.- 38. Neurodeterioration.- 39. Psychological intervention.- 40. Upper extremity intervention.- 41. Walking dysfunction.- 42. Wheelchairs and wheelchair mobility.- 43. Follow-up care of spinal cord injuries.