Essentials of Spinal Cord Injury

Medical DirectorSpinal Cord Rehabilitation ProgramLyndhurst Centre, Toronoto Rehabilitation Institute

• I Principles of Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Practice1 Anatomy and Physiology of the Spinal Cord2 Evaluation of the Patient with Spinal Cord Injury3 Imaging of Acute Spinal Cord Trauma and Spinal Cord Injury4 Pathophysiology of Spinal Cord Injury5 Epidemiology of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury6 Spinal Cord Injury Classification7 Spontaneous Recovery Patterns and Prognoses after Spinal Cord Injury8 Management of Spinal Cord Injury in the Intensive Care Unit9 Concomitant Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury10 Pharmacotherapy in Acute Spinal Cord Injury: Focus on Steroids11 Halo Application and Closed Skeletal Reduction of Cervical Dislocations12 Principles of Surgical Management of Spinal Trauma Associated with Spinal Cord Injury13 Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis14 Sexuality and Fertility after Spinal Cord Injury15 Interdisciplinary Essentails in Pressure Ulcer Management16 Autonomic Dysreflexia and Cardiovascular Complications of Spinal Cord Injury17 Pain after Spinal Cord Injury18 Essentials of Spinal Cord Injury: Psychosocial Aspects of Spinal Cord Injury19 Posttraumatic Kyphotic Deformity of the Cervical Spine20 Posttraumatic Syringomyelia: Pathophysiology and Management21 Rehabilitation of the Individual with Spinal Cord Injury22 The Management of Secondary Complications Following Spinal Cord InjuryII Controversies in Management23 Timing of Surgery for Acute Spinal Cord Injury: From Basic Science to Clinical Application24 Hypothermia: Evidence-Based Review25 Management of Cervical Facet Dislocation26 Management of Acute Spinal Cord Injury in Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures Including Cauda Equina Syndrome27 Management of Central Cord SyndromeIII Neuroprotective and Neuroregenerative Approaches28 Research in Spinal Cord Injury: Building an Effective Translational Research Program29 North American Clinical Trials Network: Building a Clinical Trials Network for Spinal Cord Injury30 Considerations for the Initiation and Conduct of Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trials31 Animal Models of Spinal Cord Injury32 Glial Scar and Monocyte-Derived Macrophages Are Needed for Spinal Cord Repair: Timing, Location, and Level as Critical Factors33 Promising Preclinical Pharmacological Approaches to Spinal Cord Injury34 Cellular Transplantation in Spinal Cord Injury35 Neuroregeneration Approaches36 Neuroprotective Trials in Spinal Cord Injury37 Approaches Using Biomaterials for Tissue EngineeringIV Neurophysiology and Imaging38 Electrophysiological Measures after Spinal Cord Injury39 Quantitative Tests of Sensory, Motor, and Autonomic Function40 Basic Neurophysiological Approaches to Probing Spinal Circuits41 Neuroimaging after Spinal Cord Injury: Evaluation Injury Severity and Prognosis Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging42 The Role of Neurophysiology in Study of Recovery and SpasticityV Plasticity and Recovery43 Spinal and Supraspinal Plasticity after Spinal Cord Injury44 The Human Central Pattern Generator and Its Role in Spinal Cord Injury Recovery45 Electrophysiological Predictors of Lower Limb Motor Recovery: The Rehabiliation Perspective46 Somatosensory Function and Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury: Advanced Assessment of Segmental Sensory Function47 Electrical Stimulation Following Spinal Cord Injury48 Operant Conditioning of Spinal Reflexes to Improve Motor Function after Spinal Cord Injury49 Functional Restoration through Robotics50 Peripheral Nerve Grafts and the Repair of Axonal Circuits Following Spinal Cord InjuryIV Resources51 Population-Based Spinal Cord Injury Registries: Potential Impacts and Challenges52 Resources to Empower and Expand the Opportunities of People with Spinal Cord InjuryVII Achieving Success53 Neurogenomic and Neuroproteomic Approaches to Studying Neural Injury54 Breakthroughs of the Last Twenty Years