Spinal cord injury : progress, promise, and priorities / Committee on Spinal Cord Injury, Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health ; Catharyn T. Liverman ... [et al.], editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Liverman, Catharyn T.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Spinal Cord Injury.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spinal cord--Wounds and injuries.

Spinal cord.

Spinal cord--Wounds and injuries--Research--United States.

Medical policy.

Research.

Health Policy.

State Government.

Spinal Cord Injuries.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

Health Policy.

Research.

State Government.

Spinal Cord Injuries.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 343 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An estimated 11,000 spinal cord injuries occur each year in the United States and more than 200,000 Americans are currently living with a spinal cord injury. A spinal cord injury affects many systems and functions of the body that are vital to health and well-being and can result in paralysis, bowel and bladder dysfunction, sexual dysfunction, respiratory impairment, temperature regulation problems, and chronic pain. During the last two decades, long-standing beliefs about the inability of the adult nervous system to heal itself have been eroded by the flood of new information from research in the neurosciences and related fields. However, there are still no cures and the challenge of restoring function in the wake of spinal cord injuries remains extremely complex.Spinal Cord Injury examines the future directions for research with the goal of accelerating the development of cures for spinal cord injuries. The Institute of Medicine's panel of experts examines research needs and priorities and provides a set of recommendations for future research directions. Further recommendations are made for strengthening and coordinating the research infrastructure. The report was sponsored by the New York Spinal Cord Injury Research Board. Funders at federal and state agencies, academic organizations, pharmaceutical and device companies, and nonprofit organizations will all find this book an essential resource as they examine their opportunities.

Contents:

Introduction

Progression of spinal cord injury

Tools for assessing spinal cord injury and repair

Current therapeutic interventions

Progress toward neuronal repair and regeneration

Developing new therapeutic interventions: from the laboratory to the clinic

Research organization: creating an environment to accelerate progress

State programs in spinal cord injury

Appendixes.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610742103

9780309165204

0309165202

9781280742101

1280742100

9780309548595

0309548594

OCLC:

923276616