Article: The spinal cord.
Science Weekly;  October 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ......publicity surrounding Christopher (Superman) Reeve's spinal cord injury, caused by a riding accident, many people know that spinal cord injury can result in paralysis. As a result of spinal cord injury, some people cannot walk, others cannot move...

Article: The devastating effects of spinal cord injuries. (includes related articles on the incidence of spinal cord injuries among young males and about spinal cord injury first aid)
Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication;  May 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......spine. This traumatic injury to his spinal cord took away all his bodily functions below...explained the devastating effects of spinal cord injury. Reeve became one of more than 1 0,000 people in the United States whose spinal cord was injured last year as a result of...

Article: Spinal Cord Compression
Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer;      700+ words ...Spinal cord compression Description In order to understand spinal cord compression, it is useful to understand the structure of the spinal cord and to understand the difference between the spinal cord and the vertebral column. The vertebral column...

Article: Spinal Cord Injury
Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence;      700+ words ...Spinal cord injury Definition Spinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that results in a loss of function such as mobility or feeling. The spinal cord does not have to be severed in order for a loss of function to occur. In most SCI...

Article: Spinal cord injuries: science meets challenge.
FDA Consumer;  July 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ......joining the 10,000 Americans paralyzed by spinal cord injury each year. After a two-month...World War II era, when 90 percent of spinal cord-injured patients died. It wasn't until...of the number of people living with spinal cord injuries vary from 200,000 to 500,000...

Article: Power cord: the spinal cord is your body's circuit city. Protect it.(YOUR BODY)(Cover story)
Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication;  November 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......bones in her neck and damaging her spinal cord, causing paralysis from her chest down...12,000 people in the U.S. survive a spinal cord injury (SCI) each year, according to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center. And the...

Article: Preclinical Study by Acorda Therapeutics Shows Efficacy of Chondroitinase in Repairing Spinal Cord After Traumatic Injury.
Business Wire;  February 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ......effective in improving recovery after spinal cord injury. This advance was reported today...chondroitinase or a control following a spinal cord injury, and evaluated over 10 weeks...a contusion, or crush, injury of the spinal cord. Since only a small percentage of human...

Article: Spinal Cord
Biology;      556 words ...Spinal Cord The spinal cord is a bundle of nerve fibers, no thicker than the human thumb, that links the brain with the rest of the body. The spinal cord is protected by the vertebral column, and together with the brain...

Article: Transoral resection of spinal cord tumors and posterior cervical spine stabilization. (Home Study Program article; includes examination, answer sheet and learner evaluation)
AORN Journal;  January 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...The article Transoral resection of spinal cord tumors and posterior cervical spine...the article on transoral resection of spinal cord tumors and posterior cervical spine...diagnostic tests, patient management) of spinal cord tumors, (2) describe the complementary...

Article: Spinal cord injury: management by acupuncture.(care and treatment)
The Journal of Chinese Medicine;  June 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Abstract The treatment of spinal cord injury presents major difficulties. Practitioners...acupuncture, neuroanatomical science, flexion reflex, spinal cord injury. Introduction Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating condition which can...

Article: The spinal cord: the brain-body connection. (includes related information)
Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication;  May 1, 1989 ;     700+ words ...The Spinal Cord The Brain/Body Connection For a world-cla...top-ranked U.S. gymnasts, had suffered a spinal cord injury and was paralyzed from the neck...Every year, some 12,500 people sustain spinal cord injuries; approximately 7,800 survive...

Article: Cutting-Edge Research on Repair of Spinal Cord Injuries Presented in Journal of Neurotrauma.
Business Wire;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......papers in the March/April 2006 double Spinal Cord issue (Volume 23, Number 3/4) of Journal...online at www.liebertpub.com/neu. This spinal cord research compendium focuses on four...Regeneration, which explores the complexity of spinal cord injury and repair at the cellular and...

Article: Spinal Cord Injury--Part 2.
Palaestra;  September 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ......34-42, causes of, and some possible cures for spinal cord injury were presented. However, a cure may...While the primary injury in a person with spinal cord injury is to the spinal cord itself, lack of movement in part of the body...

Article: Spinal cord injury inspires executive to help others: foundation has raised $1m since founder's motorcycle accident.
San Diego Business Journal;  April 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ......was forever changed the day he suffered a spinal cord injury on Jan. 27, 2006. Today, the now 42-year...Foundation raises funds to support people with spinal cord injuries and for spinal cord research. He has little recollection of the...