Paraplegia
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Legacy and current understanding of the often-misunderstood Foix-Alajouanine syndrome. Historical vignette.

30 Oct 2009 Foix-Alajouanine syndrome has become a well-known entity since its initial report in 1926. The traditional understanding of this clinical syndrome is as a progressive spinal cord venous thrombosis related to a spinal vascular lesion, resulting in ... Read more...

Botulinum toxin type A in the healing of a chronic buttock ulcer in a patient with spastic paraplegia after spinal cord injury.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Pressure sores are a significant secondary complication in spinal cord injured patients. A new indication for botulinum toxin type A is described here, in treatment of recurrent muscular spasms that had hampered the healing of a chronic ... Read more...

Central sensory-motor deficit after uneventful single-dose spinal morphine administration in a patient with preexisting migraine headaches.

30 Oct 2009 Hemiplegic migraine is a condition associated with vascular alteration of the central nervous system and transient neurologic deficits. Permanent morphine-induced motor dysfunction has been reported after spinal ischemia. We report a persisting ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Paraplegia'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Legacy and current understanding of the often-misunderstood Foix-Alajouanine syndrome. Historical vignette. 30 Oct 2009
• Botulinum toxin type A in the healing of a chronic buttock ulcer in a patient with spastic paraplegia after spinal cord injury. 30 Oct 2009
• Central sensory-motor deficit after uneventful single-dose spinal morphine administration in a patient with preexisting migraine headaches. 30 Oct 2009
• Some literary accounts of possible childhood paraplegia and neurorehabilitation. 29 Sep 2009
• Concurrent Lpin1 and Nrcam mouse mutations result in severe peripheral neuropathy with transitory hindlimb paralysis. 28 Sep 2009
• [Suddenly the legs collapsed but: the intervertebral disk was not responsible] 22 Sep 2009
• [Handicap and self-concept] 30 Aug 2009
• Advances in imaging of the spinal cord vascular supply and its relationship with paraplegia after aortic interventions. A review. 25 Aug 2009
• Pulse contour analysis aids the understanding of autonomic dysreflexia: hemodynamic findings in a T5 paraplegic surgical patient treated for hypotension with phenylephrine and ephedrine. 20 Aug 2009
• The visceral hybrid repair of thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysms--a collaborative approach. 6 Aug 2009
• Methylprednisolone fails to improve functional and histological outcome following spinal cord injury in rats. 5 Aug 2009
• Re: Chi JH, Gokaslan Z, Chi JH, Gokaslan Z, et al. Selecting treatment for patients with malignant epidural spinal cord compression--does age matter? Results from a randomized clinical trial. Spine 2009;34:431-5. 30 Jul 2009
• Traumatic posterior lumbosacral spondyloptosis in a six-year-old: a case report and review of the literature. 30 Jul 2009
• Enterovirus 71: epidemiology, pathogenesis and management. 30 Jul 2009
• Greater daily leisure time physical activity is associated with lower chronic disease risk in adults with spinal cord injury. 30 Jul 2009
• Paraplegia after spontaneous dissection of the abdominal aorta. 30 Jul 2009
• Risk-tendency graph (RTG): a new gait-analysis technique for monitoring FES-assisted paraplegic walking stability. 30 Jul 2009
• Novel human pathological mutations. Gene symbol: SPG4. Disease: spastic paraplegia, autosomal dominant. 30 Jul 2009
• Novel human pathological mutations. Gene symbol: SPG4. Disease: spastic paraplegia, autosomal dominant. 30 Jul 2009
• Decentralized adaptive robust control based on sliding mode and nonlinear compensator for the control of ankle movement using functional electrical stimulation of agonist-antagonist muscles. 7 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Paraplegia'

Definition: Severe or complete loss of motor function in the lower extremities and lower portions of the trunk. This condition is most often associated with SPINAL CORD DISEASES, although BRAIN DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; and MUSCULAR DISEASES may also cause bilateral leg weakness.

Descriptor UI: D010264

Alternative terms: Paraplegia; Paraplegias; Paralysis, Legs; Paralysis, Lower Limbs; Paralysis, Lower Extremities; Paraplegia, Spinal; Paraplegias, Spinal; Spinal Paraplegia; Spinal Paraplegias; Paraplegia, Flaccid; Flaccid Paraplegia; Flaccid Paraplegias; Paraplegias, Flaccid; Paraplegia, Spastic; Paraplegias, Spastic; Spastic Paraplegias; Spastic Paraplegia; Paraplegia, Ataxic; Ataxic Paraplegia; Ataxic Paraplegias; Paraplegias, Ataxic; Paraplegia, Cerebral; Cerebral Paraplegia; Cerebral Paraplegias; Paraplegias, Cerebral;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.622.669; C23.888.592.636.637;

History Note: 1963

Technical Notes: also available is QUADRIPLEGIA; note X ref spastic paraplegia: SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA, HEREDITARY is also available