Spinal cord injury - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Aug 17, 2024 · Whether the cause is traumatic or nontraumatic, spinal cord damage affects the nerve fibers passing through the injured area. This can impair part of or all the muscles and nerves below the injury site. An injury to the chest or lower back can affect the trunk, legs, bowel, bladder and sexual function.
Traumatic spinal cord injury - Nature Reviews Disease Primers
Apr 27, 2017 · Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) has devastating consequences for the physical, social and vocational well-being of patients. The demographic of SCIs is shifting such that an increasing...
Traumatic spinal cord injury - PubMed
Apr 27, 2017 · Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) has devastating consequences for the physical, social and vocational well-being of patients. The demographic of SCIs is shifting such that an increasing proportion of older individuals are being affected.
Spinal Cord Injuries - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
Mar 10, 2024 · Spinal cord injuries (SCIs) are complex medical conditions resulting from spinal cord damage, often caused by trauma, as in motor vehicular crashes and falls, and nontraumatic etiologies like malignancy and degeneration. Spinal cord lesions may result in severe morbidity and permanent disability.
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: An Overview of Pathophysiology, …
Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is a life changing neurological condition with substantial socioeconomic implications for patients and their care-givers. Recent advances in medical management of SCI has significantly improved diagnosis, stabilization, survival rate and well-being of SCI patients.
Spinal Cord Injury: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment & Types - Cleveland Clinic
Trauma-related spinal cord injury. You should always act cautiously and do everything possible to prevent further spinal cord damage or other injuries. People without proper training and qualifications shouldn’t move someone with a possible SCI.
Spinal Cord Injury - National Institute of Neurological Disorders …
Jul 19, 2024 · A spinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to the bundle of nerves and nerve fibers that sends and receives signals from the brain. SCI can be caused by direct injury to the spinal cord itself or from damage to the tissue and bones (vertebrae) that surround the spinal cord.
Spinal cord injury - World Health Organization (WHO)
Apr 16, 2024 · The term spinal cord injury (SCI) refers to damage to the spinal cord resulting from trauma (e.g. from falls and road traffic injuries) or non-traumatic causes like tumors, degenerative and vascular conditions, infections, toxins or birth defects.
Management of Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Review of …
Acute traumatic spinal cord injury can leave a devastating impact on the physical and mental well-being of patients. For emergent cases in which the patients present with severe neurological deficits, it is essential to provide prompt and specialized treatment.
Spinal Cord Injury - AANS
Apr 15, 2024 · Most of these are caused by trauma to the vertebral column, thereby affecting the spinal cord’s ability to send and receive messages from the brain to the body’s systems that control sensory, motor and autonomic function below the level of injury.