Spinal Cord Injury
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Spinal Cord Injury

Progress, Promise, and Priorities

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eBook - ePub

Spinal Cord Injury

Progress, Promise, and Priorities

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About this book

An estimated 11, 000 spinal cord injuries occur each year in the United States and more than 200, 000 Americans suffer from maladies associated with spinal cord injury. This includes paralysis, bowel and bladder dysfunction, sexual dysfunction, respiratory impairment, temperature regulation problems, and chronic pain. During the last two decades, longstanding beliefs about the inability of the adult central nervous system to heal itself have been eroded by the flood of new information from research in the neurosciences and related fields. However, there are still no cures and the challenge of restoring function in the wake of spinal cord injuries remains extremely complex.Spinal Cord Injury examines the future directions for research with the goal to accelerate the development of cures for spinal cord injuries. While many of the recommendations are framed within the context of the specific needs articulated by the New York Spinal Cord Injury Research Board, the Institute of Medicines panel of experts looked very broadly at research priorities relating to future directions for the field in general and make recommendations to strengthen and coordinate the existing infrastructure. Funders at federal and state agencies, academic organizations, pharmaceutical and device companies, and non-profit organizations will all find this book to be an essential resource as they examine their opportunities.

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Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
  3. COMMITTEE ON SPINAL CORD INJURY
  4. BOARD ON NEUROSCIENCE AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
  5. DEDICATION
  6. REVIEWERS
  7. PREFACE
  8. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  9. CONTENTS
  10. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  11. 1 INTRODUCTION
  12. 2 PROGRESSION OF SPINAL CORD INJURY
  13. 3 TOOLS FOR ASSESSING SPINAL CORD INJURY AND REPAIR
  14. 4 CURRENT THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS
  15. 5 PROGRESS TOWARD NEURONAL REPAIR AND REGENERATION
  16. 6 DEVELOPING NEW THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS: FROM THE LABORATORY TO THE CLINIC
  17. 7 RESEARCH ORGANIZATION: CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT TO ACCELERATE PROGRESS
  18. 8 STATE PROGRAMS IN SPINAL CORD INJURY
  19. A STUDY PROCESS
  20. B ACRONYMS
  21. C GLOSSARY OF MAJOR TERMS
  22. D TOOLS TO ASSESS SPINAL CORD INJURY OUTCOMES
  23. E CLINICAL TRIALS OF METHYLPREDNISOLONE
  24. F EXAMPLES OF ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES
  25. G SPINAL CORD INJURY CLINICAL TRIALS PUBLISHED FROM 1998 TO 2003
  26. H LEGISLATION SPONSORING STATE SPINAL CORD INJURY RESEARCH
  27. I COMMITTEE AND STAFF BIOGRAPHIES
  28. INDEX