Hyun-Yoon Ko, M.D., Ph.D.

Parkside Rehabilitation Hospital, Busan, Korea (South)

Emeritus Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Rehabilitation Hospital, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea (South)

Provides easy clinical and practical access for people involved in the care of spinal cord injuries

Consist of questions and answers commonly presented in the care of people with spinal cord injuries

Good clinical supplemental practical book to hold in the hand of daily spinal cord injuries practice

1.Introduction and overview of spinal cord injuries.- 2. Development and clinically oriented functional neuroanatomy of the human spinal cord and spine.- 3. Functional utilization and related kinematics of the extremity muscles after spinal cord injuries.- 4. Predicted functional outcomes after spinal cord injuries.- 5. Spinal fractures.- 6. Imaging studies of spinal cord injuries.- 7. Laboratory tests in the care of spinal cord injuries.- 8. Pharmacotherapeutics in spinal cord injuries.- 9. Characterization of spinal cord lesions.- 10. Epidemiology of spinal cord injuries.- 11. Neurological classification of spinal cord injuries.- 12. Spinal shock and acute phase management of spinal cord injuries.- 13. Incomplete spinal cord injury syndromes.- 14. Nontraumatic spinal cord lesions.- 15. Syringomyelia.- 16. Conus medullaris and cauda equina injuries.- 17. Cardiovascular dysfunction in spinal cord injuries.- 18. Respiratory dysfunction in spinal cord injuries.- 19. Orthostatic hypotension.- 20. Autonomic dysreflexia.- 21. Venous thromboembolism after spinal cord injuries.- 22. Electrolyte and metabolic disorders in spinal cord injuries.- 23. Neurogenic bladder dysfunction .- 24. Neurogenic bowel dysfunction and gastrointestinal complications .- 25. Neurogenic sexual dysfunction.- 26. Pressure injuries.- 27. Neurogenic heterotopic ossification.- 28. Pain in spinal cord injuries.- 29. Pediatric spinal cord injuries.- 30. Spinal cord injuries in the elderly.- 31. Dysfunctional sleep in spinal cord injuries.- 32. Upper extremity management in spinal cord injuries.- 33. Psychological issues in spinal cord injuries.