The University of Alabama at Birmingham Spinal Cord Injury Model System provides this website as an auxiliary resource for the primary care of patients with spinal cord injury.The contents of this ...

This website is an auxiliary resource for medical professionals only and offers general considerations for managing patients with SCI, including common secondary medical complications.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) patients often rely on their loved ones as caregivers for help with daily tasks. Caring for a loved ...

Recent data reveal that such systemic immune suppression and a protracted stress response are not limited to stroke and brain injury ... minimize secondary damage to the spinal cord.

Spinal cord injury (SCI)—a condition that leads to partial or complete paralysis—has a profound impact on millions of individuals globally. Despite recent advances in SCI treatment, restoring lost ...

Following SCI, the lesion expands greatly over time due to a wave of secondary injury processes. Minocycline (MH ... be injected into the intrathecal space between the dura and spinal cord for ...