Spinal Cord Injuries

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Summary

Your spinal cord is a bundle of nerves that runs down the middle of your back. It carries signals back and forth between your body and your brain VSports手机版. A spinal cord injury disrupts the signals. Spinal cord injuries usually begin with a blow that fractures (breaks) or dislocates your vertebrae, the bone disks that make up your spine. Most injuries don't cut through your spinal cord. Instead, they cause damage when pieces of vertebrae tear into cord tissue or press down on the nerve parts that carry signals.

Spinal cord injuries can be complete or incomplete V体育安卓版. With a complete spinal cord injury, the cord can't send signals below the level of the injury. As a result, you are paralyzed below the injury. With an incomplete injury, you have some movement and sensation below the injury.

A spinal cord injury is a medical emergency. Immediate treatment can reduce long-term effects. Treatments may include medicines, braces or traction to stabilize the spine, and surgery V体育ios版. Later treatment usually includes medicines and rehabilitation therapy. Mobility aids and assistive devices may help you to get around and do some daily tasks.

NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

"VSports手机版" Start Here

About Spinal Cord Injury (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Also in Spanish
"V体育官网" FAQs about Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Overview of Spinal Cord Disorders (Merck & Co., Inc.) Also in Spanish
Spinal Cord Injury (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Also in Spanish
V体育官网入口 - Spinal cord injury - Symptoms and causes (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish

"V体育平台登录" Diagnosis and Tests

How Is Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Diagnosed? (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Also in Spanish
Spine MRI (American College of Radiology; Radiological Society of North America) Also in Spanish

Treatments and Therapies (VSports在线直播)

Spinal Injury: First Aid (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
What Are the Treatments for Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)? (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Also in Spanish

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Central Cord Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Central Pain Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
"VSports在线直播" Spinal Cord Infarction (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

Videos and Tutorials

"V体育2025版" Preventing Bedsores (Pressure Ulcers) (Hill Foundation for Families Living with Disabilities)
Spinal Cord Injury Basics (Hill Foundation for Families Living with Disabilities)
Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Basics (Hill Foundation for Families Living with Disabilities)

Clinical Trials

ClinicalTrials.gov: Spinal Cord Injuries (V体育ios版) (National Institutes of Health)

"V体育平台登录" Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

"VSports注册入口" Reference Desk

Brain Basics: The Life and Death of a Neuron (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Central Nervous System: The Brain and Spinal Cord (VSports app下载) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish

"VSports手机版" Find an Expert

Find a Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician (American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Children (V体育ios版)

Spinal Cord Injuries (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation)
V体育平台登录 - Spinal Cord Injury (Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health)

Patient Handouts

Daily bowel care program (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
"V体育平台登录" Self catheterization - female (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
Self catheterization - male (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
Spinal cord stimulation (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
Spinal cord trauma (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
"VSports最新版本" Spinal injury (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
Suprapubic catheter care (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish

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MEDICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA

National Institutes of Health

The primary NIH organization for research on Spinal Cord Injuries is the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

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