recent studies in animal models indicate that recombinant human erythropoietin (rhepo) is very effective in enhancing neurological recovery after spinal cord injury (sci). we aimed to evaluate the effect of rhepo plus methylprednisolone sodium succinate (mpss) compared to mpss alone to improve neurological function of patients after sci in a randomized clinical trial. during a 15-month period 3...

r w t m s i a a t t t c t t p A u s L i he American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) convened a panel in April 005 to create a Practice Advisory on the Neurologic omplications of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medcine. This review deals with the pathophysiology of pinal cord injury. The Practice Advisory recommenations are based on extensive review of existing anmal and hum...

S pinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a well-established treatment for neuropathic pain of the trunk or limbs. Formerly used later in the treatment algorithm, this intervention has moved up the treatment ladder. SCS shows positive outcomes in patients who receive it after spine surgery and before a second surgery. SCS also appears to be a much better solution for treating neuropathic and mixed pain...

Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, D.C.: Society for Neuroscience. http://sfn.scholarone.com.utchinson KJ, Gomez-Pinilla F, Crowe MJ, Ying Z, Basso DM (2004) Three exercise paradigms differentially improve sensory recovery after spinal cord contusion in rats. Brain 127:1403–1414. llich PA, Salinas JA, Grau JW (1994) Latent inhibition, overshadowing, and blocking of a conditioned antinoci...

S pinal immobilization of all trauma patients with a cervical spine or spinal cord injury or with a mechanism of injury having the potential to cause cervical spinal injury is recommended. • Triage of patients with potential spinal injury at the scene by trained and experienced emergency medical services personnel to determine the need for immobilization during transport is recommended. • Immob...

Functional electrical stimulation can be used to enable spinal cord injured children to participate in cycling training as part of a fitness programme or exercise testing procedure. Exercise can reduce the impact of secondary health conditions due to the injury. Functional electrical stimulation has shown promising results in adults with a spinal cord injury, but additional considerations are n...

Combining multi-Parametric Sensitivity Analysis (MPSA) with stream transport modeling is proposed to determine the relative importance of physical and biogeochemical processes controlling natural attenuation of contaminants. The MPSA is based on a large number of Monte-Carlo simulations to identify the sensitive parameters over a broad range of each parameter. This combined approach is applied ...

We determined the role of the hyporheic zone (the subsurface zone where stream water and shallow groundwater mix) in enhancing microbially mediated oxidation of dissolved manganese (to form manganese precipitates) in a drainage basin contaminated by copper mining. The fate of manganese is of overall importance to water quality in Pinal Creek Basin, Arizona, because manganese reactions affect th...

Objective: To investigate whether there have been improveents in survival after spinal cord injury (SCI) over time, both n the critical first 2 years after injury and in the longer term. Design: Pooled repeated observations analysis of personears. For each person-year, the outcome variable is survival nd mortality, and the explanatory variables include age, level nd grade of injury, and calenda...