[2] Spinal cord compression constitutes a true emergency because the initial injury to the spinal cord will lead to permanent loss of neurologic function if the pressure of the tumor on the cord ...

An estimated 18,000 people in the United States annually suffer from new injuries to their spinal cords. Unfortunately for ...

This compression of the spinal cord can lead to a loss of sensation ... caused by neurodegenerative diseases or a traumatic spinal injury. Many nonsurgical treatments can often be just as ...

Medications: Corticosteroids are sometimes used to reduce inflammation and prevent further nerve damage in the early stages of injury. Surgical intervention: Severe spinal cord compression or ...

A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first clinical study of its kind, Japanese scientists said. Applying low ...

Fever, antecedent infection, injury or previous episodes were ... symptomatic without spinal-cord compression but with pain; subjective and objective signs of spinal-cord compression; and ...

For people with spinal cord injuries/diseases (SCI/D), performing daily tasks can be a challenge due to an impaired ability to grasp and manipulate objects with their hands.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Spinal Cord Injury Model System (UAB-SCIMS) maintains this Information Network as a resource to promote knowledge in the areas of research, health and quality ...

Picture: A person with a complete C4 level of injury is paralyzed from the shoulders down. The University of Alabama at Birmingham Spinal Cord Injury Model System provides this website as an auxiliary ...

A thorough pain evaluation will lead, in the case of pain, to initiation of treatment to relieve the injury to neurologic tissue before irreversible damage occurs. Advanced practice nurses also ...