Monthly Archives: September 2005
RUSSIAN STEM-CELL THERAPY
We are a part of a global community in which the devastation of spinal cord injury (SCI) bows to no flag, and solutions will...
National Disability Employment Awareness Month, 2005
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America
Across America, individuals with disabilities are making important contributions in the workplace. This month,...
RECOVERING FROM MOUNTAIN BIKE ACCIDENT
Last fall we brought you the story of Neil Maberry. Maberry suffered a debilitating spinal cord injury after a mountain bike accident this past...
Threats to Ventilator Users
State governments in the US are currently under intense pressure to limit or reduce Medicaid expenditures. Unless we make our voices heard, there may...
Autonomic Dysreflexia
The Autonomic Nervous System often becomes hyperactive in people with spinal cord injury. Autonomic Dysreflexia manifests in large increases in blood pressure (hypertension) with...
What is meant by the terms “complete” and “incomplete” injuries?
Complete injuries result in total loss of sensation and function below the injury level. Incomplete injuries result in partial loss.
"Complete" does not necessarily...
What is autonomic dysreflexia?
The Autonomic Nervous System often becomes hyperactive in people with spinal cord injury. Autonomic Dysreflexia manifests in large increases in blood pressure (hypertension) with...
How does spinal cord injury affect the skin?
Spinal cord injury reduces or eliminates skin sensation in dermatomes below the injury site. Because people cannot feel or move, they may sit or...
Phantom pain after spinal cord injury is result of hypersensitive neurons in thalamic region...
Yale researchers report the first evidence that phantom pain following spinal cord injury is the result of hypersensitive neurons in the thalamic region of...
What happens to the bladder, bowel, and sexual function?
The spinal cord also carries “autonomic” signals that control blood pressure, blood flow, breathing, sweating, bowel, bladder, sexual, and other autonomic functions.
• Bladder Paralysis...