Spinal Cord Injury

Among patients with traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, cervical spinal cord injury was more severe and led to worse neurological and functional outcomes compared with those with only spinal cord injury, but survival was not affected.

An annual infusion of zoledronic acid can help attenuate bone loss in adults with acute spinal cord injury, according to a study published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

As a rehabilitation psychologist at a comprehensive acute rehabilitation hospital, I work closely with a team of specialists to provide integrated care to people who have suffered spinal cord injury and disease.

CHICAGO — Among elderly patients with a spinal cord injury, researchers found the risk of morality was greater when patients had an increased age, level of injury and American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale grade, based on data presented at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting, here.