A clinical perspective of spinal cord injury

摘要: Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in loss of nervous tissue the spinal and consequently motor sensory function. The impairments are permanent because endogenous repair events fail to restore damaged axonal circuits that involved There is no treatment available restores injury-induced consequences SCI devastating physically socially. assessment functional after has been standardized larger part world. For medical care however there standards available. During early phase, treatments stabilize patient's health attempt limit further neurological deterioration need be implemented. later phase SCI, focus needs on prevention and/or secondary complications such as pain, pressure ulcers, infections. Neuroprotective, axon growth-promoting rehabilitative approaches currently being tested but, so far, none these emerged an effective reverses SCI. Promising new have from laboratory during last years entered clinical arena including stem cell transplantation electrical stimulation.