Spinal cord injury.
OBJECTIVE
This article is an overview of the newer therapeutic interventions employed in the care of the spinal cord injured individual and the theoretical rationale supporting them.


OBJECTIVE
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) care was, until recently, a maintenance type treatment, addressing systems mostly affected by complications of the original injury (e.g. bladder, skin, spasiticity).


CONCLUSIONS
With the recent advances in the neuroscience field, more aggressive interventions geared at secondary injury prevention, neuronal regeneration and functional restoration are emerging.
Sadowsky
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Department of Neurology, Spinal Cord Injury Neuro-Rehabilitation Section, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Volshteyn
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Schultz
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McDonald
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D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010243:Paralysis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D013709:Tendon Transfer