Michael G. Fehlings & Alexander R. Vaccaro 
Essentials of Spinal Cord Injury [PDF ebook] 
Basic Research to Clinical Practice

<p><strong>I Principles of Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Practice</strong><br>1 Anatomy and Physiology of the Spinal Cord<br>2 Evaluation of the Patient with Spinal Cord Injury<br>3 Imaging of Acute Spinal Cord Trauma and Spinal Cord Injury<br>4 Pathophysiology of Spinal Cord Injury<br>5 Epidemiology of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury<br>6 Spinal Cord Injury Classification<br>7 Spontaneous Recovery Patterns and Prognoses after Spinal Cord Injury<br>8 Management of Spinal Cord Injury in the Intensive Care Unit<br>9 Concomitant Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury<br>10 Pharmacotherapy in Acute Spinal Cord Injury: Focus on Steroids<br>11 Halo Application and Closed Skeletal Reduction of Cervical Dislocations<br>12 Principles of Surgical Management of Spinal Trauma Associated with Spinal Cord Injury<br>13 Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis<br>14 Sexuality and Fertility after Spinal Cord Injury<br>15 Interdisciplinary Essentails in Pressure Ulcer Management<br>16 Autonomic Dysreflexia and Cardiovascular Complications of Spinal Cord Injury<br>17 Pain after Spinal Cord Injury<br>18 Essentials of Spinal Cord Injury: Psychosocial Aspects of Spinal Cord Injury<br>19 Posttraumatic Kyphotic Deformity of the Cervical Spine<br>20 Posttraumatic Syringomyelia: Pathophysiology and Management<br>21 Rehabilitation of the Individual with Spinal Cord Injury<br>22 The Management of Secondary Complications Following Spinal Cord Injury<br><strong>II Controversies in Management</strong><br>23 Timing of Surgery for Acute Spinal Cord Injury: From Basic Science to Clinical Application<br>24 Hypothermia: Evidence-Based Review<br>25 Management of Cervical Facet Dislocation<br>26 Management of Acute Spinal Cord Injury in Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures Including Cauda Equina Syndrome<br>27 Management of Central Cord Syndrome<br><strong>III Neuroprotective and Neuroregenerative Approaches</strong><br>28 Research in Spinal Cord Injury: Building an Effective Translational Research Program<br>29 North American Clinical Trials Network: Building a Clinical Trials Network for Spinal Cord Injury<br>30 Considerations for the Initiation and Conduct of Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trials<br>31 Animal Models of Spinal Cord Injury<br>32 Glial Scar and Monocyte-Derived Macrophages Are Needed for Spinal Cord Repair: Timing, Location, and Level as Critical Factors<br>33 Promising Preclinical Pharmacological Approaches to Spinal Cord Injury<br>34 Cellular Transplantation in Spinal Cord Injury<br>35 Neuroregeneration Approaches<br>36 Neuroprotective Trials in Spinal Cord Injury<br>37 Approaches Using Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering<br><strong>IV Neurophysiology and Imaging</strong><br>38 Electrophysiological Measures after Spinal Cord Injury<br>39 Quantitative Tests of Sensory, Motor, and Autonomic Function<br>40 Basic Neurophysiological Approaches to Probing Spinal Circuits<br>41 Neuroimaging after Spinal Cord Injury: Evaluation Injury Severity and Prognosis Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging<br>42 The Role of Neurophysiology in Study of Recovery and Spasticity<br><strong>V Plasticity and Recovery</strong><br>43 Spinal and Supraspinal Plasticity after Spinal Cord Injury<br>44 The Human Central Pattern Generator and Its Role in Spinal Cord Injury Recovery<br>45 Electrophysiological Predictors of Lower Limb Motor Recovery: The Rehabiliation Perspective<br>46 Somatosensory Function and Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury: Advanced Assessment of Segmental Sensory Function<br>47 Electrical Stimulation Following Spinal Cord Injury<br>48 Operant Conditioning of Spinal Reflexes to Improve Motor Function after Spinal Cord Injury<br>49 Functional Restoration through Robotics<br>50 Peripheral Nerve Grafts and the Repair of Axonal Circuits Following Spinal Cord Injury<br><strong>IV Resources</strong><br>51 Population-Based Spinal Cord Injury Registries: Potential Impacts and Challenges<br>52 Resources to Empower and Expand the Opportunities of People with Spinal Cord Injury<br><strong>VII Achieving Success</strong><br>53 Neurogenomic and Neuroproteomic Approaches to Studying Neural Injury<br>54 Breakthroughs of the Last Twenty Years</p>