Development of international standards to document sexual and reproductive functions after spinal cord injury: preliminary report.

Influence of Sexuality in Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury in rats

  Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a major clinical condition and research is commonly done to find suitable treatment options. However, there are some degrees of spontaneous recovery after SCI and gender is said to be a contributing factor in recovery, but this is controversial. This study was done to compare the effects of sexual dimorphism on spontaneous recovery after spinal cord inj...

Development, Validity and Reliability of Sexual Health Measures for Spinal Cord Injured Patients in Iran

P-15: Effect of Testosterone on Antioxidant Biomarkers in Mice with Spinal Cord Injury

Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a traumatic or nontraumatic injury that can leads to loss of functions such as feeling or mobility along with permanent and debilitating influences on the patient’s quality of life. Patients with SCI have weakened sexual function and a distinctive sperm profile described by normal to high sperm concentrations and unusually low sperm mobility. The reason o...

P-51: Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury

Background Regaining arm and hand function was deemed the most important by quadriplegics, while regaining sexual function was given the highest priority for paraplegics. Improving bladder and bowel function was of shared importance to both injury groups. The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the existing research on patients with spinal cord injury...

Management of Hypotension and Bradycardia Caused by Spinal Cord Injury. The Usefulness of Midodrine and Methylxanthines

Spinal cord injury is a devastating chronic condition resulting in temporary or permanent motor,sensory or autonomic dysfunction of the cord. The manifestation of spinal cord injury based onthe severity and involved areas could be different. Numerous studies have demonstrated thatbradycardia, hypotension, and orthostatic hypotension are present insignificant number ofpat...