[2] Spinal cord compression constitutes a true emergency because the initial injury to the spinal cord will lead to permanent loss of neurologic function if the pressure of the tumor on the cord ...

This compression of the spinal cord can lead to a loss of sensation ... caused by neurodegenerative diseases or a traumatic spinal injury. Many nonsurgical treatments can often be just as ...

Professor Yimin Zou and colleagues have published surprising results that reveal that RYK expression inhibits wound healing, ...

Fever, antecedent infection, injury or previous episodes were ... symptomatic without spinal-cord compression but with pain; subjective and objective signs of spinal-cord compression; and ...

A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first clinical study of its kind, Japanese scientists said. Applying low ...

Congress cut more than $40 million in spinal cord injury research from the Department of Defense office, Wisconsin Public ...

New study in @jclinicalinvest by @HopkinsMedicine researchers suggests experimental blood test can indicate spinal cord ...

Experiencing a spinal cord injury is life-changing in nearly every aspect of a person’s well-being: physically, emotionally, and socially. The initial shock of the injury often comes with fear, ...

Medically reviewed by Adam H. Kaplan, DPM Numbness in your feet can develop due to nerve compression, nerve damage, or poor ...

When you choose the University of Utah Health for you or your family member’s spinal cord injury rehabilitation, you are choosing a program that marshals the resources of an entire university and ...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Spinal Cord Injury Model System (UAB-SCIMS) maintains this Information Network as a resource to promote knowledge in the areas of research, health and quality ...

[10] It is important to ask the patient whether the pain is present when he or she is lying down, because SCC, unlike strain or old injury, causes pain that is unrelieved or increased in the ...