Spinal Cord Injury:

Progress, Promise, and Priorities

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Catharyn T. Liverman, Bruce M. Altevogt, Janet E. Joy, and Richard T. Johnson, Editors, Committee on Spinal Cord Injury
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An estimated 11,000 spinal cord injuries occur each year in the United States and more than 200,000 Americans suffer from maladies associated with spinal cord injury. This includes paralysis, bowel and bladder dysfunction, sexual dysfunction, respiratory impairment, temperature regulation problems, ...
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Front Matter	i-xvi
Executive Summary	1-12	(skim)
1 Introduction	13-29	(skim)
2 Progression of Spinal Cord Injury	30-63	(skim)
3 Tools for Assessing Spinal Cord Injury and Repair	64-94	(skim)
4 Current Therapeutic Interventions	95-120	(skim)
5 Progress Toward Neuronal Repair and Regeneration	121-151	(skim)
6 Developing New Therapeutic Interventions: From the Laboratory to the Clinic	152-182	(skim)
7 Research Organization: Creating an Environment to Accelerate Progress	183-204	(skim)
8 State Programs in Spinal Cord Injury	205-242	(skim)
Appendix A Study Process	243-248	(skim)
Appendix B Acronyms	249-251	(skim)
Appendix C Glossary of Major Terms	252-259	(skim)
Appendix D Tools to Assess Spinal Cord Injury Outcomes	260-267	(skim)
Appendix E Clinical Trials of Methylprednisolone	268-274	(skim)
Appendix F Examples of Alternative Therapies	275-277	(skim)
Appendix G Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trials Published from 1998 to 2003	278-319	(skim)
Appendix H Legislation Sponsoring State Spinal Cord Injury Research	320-322	(skim)
Appendix I Committee and Staff Biographies	323-332	(skim)
Index	333-344	(skim)

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An estimated 11,000 spinal cord injuries occur each year in the United States and more than 200,000 Americans suffer from maladies associated with spinal cord injury. This includes paralysis, bowel and bladder dysfunction, sexual dysfunction, respiratory impairment, temperature regulation problems, and chronic pain. During the last two decades, longstanding beliefs about the inability of the adult central 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 to accelerate the development of cures for spinal cord injuries. While many of the recommendations are framed within the context of the specific needs articulated by the New York Spinal Cord Injury Research Board, the Institute of Medicine s panel of experts looked very broadly at research priorities relating to future directions for the field in general and make recommendations to strengthen and coordinate the existing infrastructure. Funders at federal and state agencies, academic organizations, pharmaceutical and device companies, and non-profit organizations will all find this book to be an essential resource as they examine their opportunities.

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