Brown-Sequard syndrome: This variety of injury is the product of damage to one side of the spinal cord. The injury may be more pronounced on one side of the body; for instance, movement may be impossible on the right side, but may be fully retained on the left. The degree to which B...
Learn about some of the most common types of traumatic brain injury.Author: Spinalcord.com Team Publish Date: Dec 03, 2020 Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are the most common variety of brain injuries, affecting as many as 1.7 million people and claiming 52,000 lives annually. The trauma in...
Spinal CordHua R, Shi J, Wang X, Yang J, Zheng P, et al. (2013) Analysis of the causes and types of traumatic spinal cord injury based on 561 cases in China from 2001 to 2010. Spinal Cord 51: 218.Analysis of the causes and types of traumatic spinal cordinjury based on 561 cases...
This guide discusses a wide range of personal injury types which are grouped into the following categories: Accidents and illness abroad Brain and spinal cord injuries Crime and abuse Faulty products Industrial diseases Medical negligence Others
To compare pre- and post-injury job type distributions of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) living in Switzerland.Cross-sectional, self-report survey.Community.Two hundred sixty-three individuals reporting a pre- and 677 a post-injury job title in the Swiss SCI Cohort Study community sur...
Finally, Spinal Cord Injury without Radiographic Abnormality (SCIWORA) may result. Because of the dispro- portionately larger head, weaker neck muscles, and elasticity of the spine, significant distraction and flexion injury of the spinal cord may occur without apparent ligament or bony disruption ...
Not all slips occur in these types of work environments, a wet floor can cause to a knee or back injury that may not be life-threatening but can certainly cause you to miss work. Spinal cord injuries sustained while working Spinal cord injuries are some of the most difficult ailments to...
Conception and development of Urinary Tract Infection indicators to advance the quality of spinal cord injury rehabilitation: SCI-High Project INTRODUCTION: Following spinal cord injury, prostate undergoes atrophy probably due to interruption of neuro-hormonal pathways. The incidence of carcinoma ... B ...
A negligently performed episiotomy may fail to protect the mother from serious perineal injury. Superficial tearing of the vagina is common during delivery and may cause only minor, temporary problems. Third and fourth-degree perineal tears, however, can result in devastating nerve and muscle damage...
There has been exciting research on transplanting Schwann cells for spinal cord injury and other types of peripheral nerve damage.10 Nociceptors and Pain Satellite Cells Satellite cells get their name from the way they surround certain neurons, with several "satellites" forming a sheath around the ...