Spinal Cord Injuries - Diagnosis
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring during spine surgery: a review.

29 Sep 2009 Spinal surgery involves a wide spectrum of procedures during which the spinal cord, nerve roots, and key blood vessels are frequently placed at risk for injury. Neuromonitoring provides an opportunity to assess the functional integrity of ... Read more...

Forelimb locomotor assessment scale (FLAS): novel assessment of forelimb dysfunction after cervical spinal cord injury.

Sep 2009 We describe here a novel forelimb locomotor assessment scale (FLAS) that assesses forelimb use during locomotion in rats injured at the cervical level. A quantitative scale was developed that measures movements of shoulder, elbow, and wrist joints, ... Read more...

Electromyography in the detection of mechanically induced spinal motor tract injury: observations in diverse porcine models.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECT: Porcine spinal cords were mechanically injured at the thoracic level while recording muscle-derived electrically stimulated transcranial motor evoked potentials (TcMEPs) and electromyography (EMG) readings from the same electrode ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Spinal Cord Injuries - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring during spine surgery: a review. 29 Sep 2009
• Forelimb locomotor assessment scale (FLAS): novel assessment of forelimb dysfunction after cervical spinal cord injury. Sep 2009
• Electromyography in the detection of mechanically induced spinal motor tract injury: observations in diverse porcine models. 30 Aug 2009
• Deep venous thrombosis in patients with acute cervical spinal cord injury in a Japanese population: assessment with Doppler ultrasonography. 5 Aug 2009
• Critical care in the emergency department: traumatic brain injury. 29 Jun 2009
• Comprehensive review of neurophysiologic basis and diagnostic interventions in managing chronic spinal pain. 29 Jun 2009
• Neurologic diseases in llamas and alpacas. 29 Jun 2009
• Efficacy of intraoperative neurologic monitoring in surgery involving a vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib for early-onset spinal deformity. 29 Jun 2009
• Neuropathic pain in spinal cord injury: significance of clinical and electrophysiological measures. 23 Jun 2009
• Evaluating regional blood spinal cord barrier dysfunction following spinal cord injury using longitudinal dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI. 9 Jun 2009
• Essentials of trauma: head and spine. 30 May 2009
• Korean guideline development for the evaluation of permanent impairment of the spine: proposal by the Korean Academy of Medical Sciences Committee. 29 May 2009
• Evoked potential versus behavior to detect minor insult to the spinal cord in a rat model. 3 May 2009
• Documenting acute spinal cord injury. 29 Apr 2009
• Use and determinants of the methylprednisolone protocol for traumatic spinal cord injury in South Carolina acute care hospitals. 29 Apr 2009
• The prognosis of acute blunt cervical spinal cord injury. 29 Apr 2009
• A systematic review of the management of orthostatic hypotension after spinal cord injury. 29 Apr 2009
• Transperineal injection of botulinum toxin A for treatment of detrusor sphincter dyssynergia: localization with combined fluoroscopic and electromyographic guidance. 29 Apr 2009
• Lower thoracic spinal cord stimulation to restore cough in patients with spinal cord injury: results of a National Institutes of Health-sponsored clinical trial. Part I: methodology and effectiveness of expiratory muscle activation. 29 Apr 2009
• Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry of the distal femur may be more reliable than the proximal tibia in spinal cord injury. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Spinal Cord Injuries'

Definition: Penetrating and non-penetrating injuries to the spinal cord resulting from traumatic external forces (e.g., WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WHIPLASH INJURIES; etc.).

Descriptor UI: D013119

Alternative terms: Spinal Cord Injuries; Myelopathy, Traumatic; Myelopathies, Traumatic; Traumatic Myelopathies; Traumatic Myelopathy; Spinal Cord Trauma; Cord Trauma, Spinal; Cord Traumas, Spinal; Spinal Cord Traumas; Trauma, Spinal Cord; Traumas, Spinal Cord; Injuries, Spinal Cord; Cord Injuries, Spinal; Cord Injury, Spinal; Injury, Spinal Cord; Spinal Cord Injury; Spinal Cord Transection; Cord Transection, Spinal; Cord Transections, Spinal; Spinal Cord Transections; Transection, Spinal Cord; Transections, Spinal Cord; Spinal Cord Laceration; Cord Laceration, Spinal; Cord Lacerations, Spinal; Laceration, Spinal Cord; Lacerations, Spinal Cord; Spinal Cord Lacerations; Post-Traumatic Myelopathy; Myelopathies, Post-Traumatic; Myelopathy, Post-Traumatic; Post Traumatic Myelopathy; Post-Traumatic Myelopathies; Spinal Cord Contusion; Contusion, Spinal Cord; Contusions, Spinal Cord; Cord Contusion, Spinal; Cord Contusions, Spinal; Spinal Cord Contusions;

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: C10.228.854.770; C10.900.850; C21.866.819;

Technical Notes: coord IM with specific vertebra (NIM) to locate site on spinal cord