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Spinal precautions, also known as spinal immobilization and spinal motion restriction, are efforts to prevent movement of the bones of the spine in those with a risk of a spine injury. [1] This is done as an effort to prevent injury to the spinal cord [ 1 ] in unstable spinal fractures . [ 2 ]
The rehabilitation process following a spinal cord injury typically begins in the acute care setting. Occupational therapy plays an important role in the management of SCI. [2] Recent studies emphasize the importance of early occupational therapy, started immediately after the client is stable.
The American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA), formed in 1973, [2] publishes the International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI), [3] which is a neurological exam widely used to document sensory and motor impairments following spinal cord injury (SCI). [4] The ASIA assessment is the gold standard for ...
While he was at the University of Nebraska, he worked with Robert Florin and Beverly C Walters on the AANS/CNS mandated Guidelines and Prognosis of Penetrating Brain Injury. Later, in 2013, Aarabi worked with Mark Hadley and Walters to produce AANS/CNS Guidelines for Management of Acute Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord Injuries. [9]
"Obesity is a major factor in causing acute and chronic back pain due to several factors, including the overload on the spinal column," says Dr. Medhat Mikhael, MD, a pain management specialist ...
In Pakistan, spinal cord injury is more common in males (92.68%) as compared to females in the 20–30 years of age group with a median age of 40 years, although people from 12–70 years of age suffered from spinal cord injury [73] Rates of injury are at their lowest in children, at their highest in the late teens to early twenties, then get ...
Spinal cord compression is a form of myelopathy in which the spinal cord is compressed. Causes can be bone fragments from a vertebral fracture, a tumor , abscess , ruptured intervertebral disc or other lesion.
Excluding a cervical spinal injury requires clinical judgement and training. Under the NEXUS guidelines, when an acute blunt force injury is present, a cervical spine is deemed to not need radiological imaging if all the following criteria are met: There is no posterior midline cervical tenderness; There is no evidence of intoxication