Spinal Cord Injuries

Spinal cord injuries are most commonly caused by motor vehicle accidents, falls and acts of violence. Sports-related spinal cord injuries occur more commonly in children and teenagers, while work-related injuries (especially from construction work) predominate in adults.

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Reviewed January 2012

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Title:	Head injuries - first aid
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Head injuries can be serious and require urgent medical attention. A hard blow to the head, from a fall, knock or assault, can injure the brain, even when there are no visible signs of trauma to the scalp or face. Symptoms of serious head injury include wounds, altered consciousness, clear fluid from the eyes or nose, black eyes or bruises behind the ears, vision changes, nausea and vomiting.
Date:	Sep 2011

Title:	Paraplegia (spinal cord injury)
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Paraplegia and quadriplegia are conditions which result from damage to the spinal cord from an accident or other trauma. Support can help people with spinal cord injuries achieve many things. Health problems for people with spinal cord injuries may include urinary tract infections, kidney stones and pressure sores. Autonomic hyperreflexia or automomic dysreflexia may also develop.
Date:	Jul 2011

Title:	Syringomyelia
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Syringomyelia is the formation of a fluid-filled cyst (syrinx) within the spinal cord. As the cyst grows, it presses on the spinal cord and interferes with the transmission of nerve impulses. Causes include trauma, infection and congenital brain defects.
Date:	May 2011

Title:	Suspected spinal cord compression
Publisher:	Department of Health Western Australia
Description:	Diagnostic imaging algorithm for suspected non-traumatic spinal cord compression.
Date:	Apr 2010

Title:	Spinal cord injury, Australia 2007-08
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:	In 2007-08 there were 362 new spinal cord injuries (SCI), the majority of which (79%) were due to traumatic causes. SCI were most frequent in the 15-24 year age group (30%), although trends show a significant increase in the average age at injury from 38 years in 1995-96 to 42 years in 2007-08.
Date:	Mar 2010

Title:	Staying mentally healthy when you have a spinal cord injury
Publisher:	SANE Australia
Description:	When your physical health is affected by illness or injury, your mental health is more vulnerable. When you experience a spinal cord injury (SCI) resulting in paraplegia or quadriplegia, both the injury and side effects from treatment can affect the way you think and feel.
Date:	Jan 2010

Title:	Spinal cord injury, 1999-2005
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:	During the six year period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2005 19,912 hospital separations in Australia involved spinal cord injury. Almost half of all incident cases sustained an injury to the cervical spinal cord.
Date:	Apr 2009

Title:	Spinal cord injury, Australia, 2006-07
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:	Severe spinal cord injury (SCI) is a very debilitating and costly injury. This report presents information from the Australian Spinal Cord Injury Register (ASCIR) on 348 newly incident cases from trauma and disease in 2006-07.
Date:	Jan 2009

Title:	Pharmacological interventions for spasticity following spinal cord injury
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	A major problem after spinal cord injury is muscle resistance to having the arms or legs moved (spasticity). There can also be spasms. This can severely limit a person's mobility and independence, and can cause pain, muscle problems, and sleep difficult...
Date:	Jul 2008

Title:	Gangliosides for acute spinal cord injury
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Injuries to the spinal cord are often devastating. Worldwide there are up to 40 million such injuries a year. People who survive often have severe disabilities. Gangliosides are substances that occur naturally in nerve cells. They can be manufactured an...
Date:	Jun 2008

Title:	Spinal cord compression (SCC) - symptoms
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Information on the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of spinal cord compression.
Date:	May 2008

Title:	Nontraumatic spinal cord injury
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of nontraumatic spinal cord injury by professional health specialists.
Date:	Feb 2008

Title:	Locomotor training for walking after spinal cord injury
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	There is insufficient evidence to conclude that one locomotor training strategy is more effective than another for improving walking ability in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Improvement of locomotor function is one of the primary goals for peopl...
Date:	Dec 2007

Title:	Cerebrospinal fluid drainage for thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm surgery
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	An aneurysm is a local bulging of a blood vessel that carries a risk of rupture. Surgery for an aortic aneurysm requires clamping the aorta, the biggest artery in the body. This reduces the supply of blood and oxygen to the spinal cord (ischaemia) and t...
Date:	Nov 2007

Title:	Spinal fixation surgery for acute traumatic spinal cord injury
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	This review found no controlled trials of spinal fixation surgery for the patient group. The quality of the existing evidence is too poor to include in the review, as it is likely to be unreliable. Good quality controlled trials are needed to answer thi...
Date:	Oct 2007

Title:	Steroids for acute spinal cord injury
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Every year, about 40 million people worldwide suffer a spinal cord injury. Most of them are young men. The results are often devastating. Various drugs have been given to patients in attempts to reduce the extent of permanent paralysis. Steroids have pr...
Date:	Sep 2007

Title:	Spinal immobilisation for trauma patients
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Spinal cord damage from injury causes long-term disability and can dramatically affect quality of life. The current practice of immobilising trauma patients before hospitalisation to prevent more damage may not always be necessary, as the likelihood of ...
Date:	Jul 2007

Title:	Spinal cord injury, Australia 2003-04 (revised)
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:	Spinal cord injury (SCI) is uncommon, but personal and health system costs per case are high. This report presents information from the Australian Spinal Cord Injury Register (ASCIR) on new persisting cases of SCI in the year 2003-04.
Date:	Jan 2006

Title:	Spinal cord regeneration trial in paraplegics - myDr.com.au
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	In a world first, a clinical trial into spinal cord regeneration surgery in paraplegics has begun.
Date:	Jul 2003

Title:	Spinal injuries centres (SICs) for acute traumatic spinal cord injury
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Spinal cord injury is a serious condition and the effects are usually permanent. In several countries, specialist centres have been set up, where patients can be taken within a few hours of their injury, but even in these countries many patients are dea...
Date:	May 2003

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