Spinal Cord Injury: Progress, Promise, and Priorities

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Table of Contents
Front Matter R1-R16
Executive Summary 1-12
1 Introduction 13-29
2 Progression of Spinal Cord Injury 30-63
3 Tools for Assessing Spinal Cord Injury and Repair 64-94
4 Current Therapeutic Interventions 95-120
5 Progress Toward Neuronal Repair and Regeneration 121-151
6 Developing New Therapeutic Interventions: From the Laboratory to the Clinic 152-182
7 Research Organization: Creating an Environment to Accelerate Progress 183-204
8 State Programs in Spinal Cord Injury 205-242
Appendix A Study Process 243-248
Appendix B Acronyms 249-251
Appendix C Glossary of Major Terms 252-259
Appendix D Tools to Assess Spinal Cord Injury Outcomes 260-267
Appendix E Clinical Trials of Methylprednisolone 268-274
Appendix F Examples of Alternative Therapies 275-277
Appendix G Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trials Published from 1998 to 2003 278-319
Appendix H Legislation Sponsoring State Spinal Cord Injury Research 320-322
Appendix I Committee and Staff Biographies 323-332
Index 333-344

Tate DG, Forchheimer M. 2002. Contributions from the Model Systems Programs to spinal cord injury research. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine 25(4): 316-330.

Tulsky DS. 2002. The impacts of the Model SCI System: Historical perspective. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine 25(4): 310-315.

VA (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs). 2002. Fact Sheet: VA and Spinal Cord Injury. [Online]. Available: http://www1.va.gov/opa/fact/spinalcfs.html [accessed November 11, 2004].

Table of Contents

Front Matter R1-R16

Executive Summary 1-12

1 Introduction 13-29

2 Progression of Spinal Cord Injury 30-63

3 Tools for Assessing Spinal Cord Injury and Repair 64-94

4 Current Therapeutic Interventions 95-120

5 Progress Toward Neuronal Repair and Regeneration 121-151

6 Developing New Therapeutic Interventions: From the Laboratory to the Clinic 152-182

7 Research Organization: Creating an Environment to Accelerate Progress 183-204

8 State Programs in Spinal Cord Injury 205-242

Appendix A Study Process 243-248

Appendix B Acronyms 249-251

Appendix C Glossary of Major Terms 252-259

Appendix D Tools to Assess Spinal Cord Injury Outcomes 260-267

Appendix E Clinical Trials of Methylprednisolone 268-274

Appendix F Examples of Alternative Therapies 275-277

Appendix G Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trials Published from 1998 to 2003 278-319

Appendix H Legislation Sponsoring State Spinal Cord Injury Research 320-322

Appendix I Committee and Staff Biographies 323-332

Index 333-344