Non-pharmacological experimental treatments for spinal cord injury: a review.
BACKGROUND
Spinal cord injury is a complex result of primary mechanical damage and the secondary vascular compromise and inflammatory reactions. Depending on timing, different treatment modalities may have various effects.


CONCLUSIONS
We review the latest advances in terms of non-pharmacological experimental treatments.
Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Martin M
MM
Mortazavi
Ketan
K
Verma
R Shane
RS
Tubbs
Nicholas
N
Theodore
D000818:Animals; D004322:Drainage; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000601:surgery; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000502:physiology; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000628:therapy*; D013346:Subarachnoid Space / Q000098:blood supply