30 Considerations for the Initiation and Conduct of Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trials John D. Steeves Key Points 1. Overall therapeutic goals are discussed, including neuroprotection, neural repair, and functional…
23 Timing of Surgery for Acute Spinal Cord Injury: From Basic Science to Clinical Application David W. Cadotte and Michael G. Fehlings Key Points 1. A systematic review was conducted…
28 Research in Spinal Cord Injury: Building an Effective Translational Research Program W. Dalton Dietrich Key Points 1. Spinal cord injury is a complex clinical problem. 2. Translational studies provide…
21 Rehabilitation of the Individual with Spinal Cord Injury Aria Fallah, Derry Dance, and Anthony S. Burns Key Points 1. Until World War II, severe spinal cord injury (SCI) was…
41 Neuroimaging after Spinal Cord Injury: Evaluating Injury Severity and Prognosis Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging Maxwell Boakye Key Points 1. The presence of hematoma at injury level on MRI is…
22 The Management of Secondary Complications Following Spinal Cord Injury Anthony S. Burns, Jefferson R. Wilson, and B. Catharine Craven Key Points 1. A severe spinal cord injury affects every…
53 Neurogenomic and Neuroproteomic Approaches to Studying Neural Injury Joy D. Guingab-Cagmat, Firas H. Kobeissy, Mary V. Ratliff, Peng Shi, Zhiqun Zhang, and Kevin K. W. Wang Key Points 1….
31 Animal Models of Spinal Cord Injury Aileen J. Anderson, Sheri L. Peterson, and Christopher J. Sontag Key Points 1. SCI researchers utilize a wide range of animal models that…
24 Hypothermia: Evidence-Based Review David M. Benglis Jr., Allan D. Levi, and Michael Y. Wang Key Points 1. A vast body of literature exists reporting the effects of experimentally induced…
40 Basic Neurophysiological Approaches to Probing Spinal Circuits Rose Katz and Jean-Charles Lamy Key Points 1. Monosynaptic reflexes, ongoing EMG modulation, and post-stimulus time histogram are indirect techniques that allow…
