Spinal Cord Injury: Progress, Promise, and Priorities

by National Research Council and Committee on Spinal Cord Injury

Book Overview

An estimated 11,000 spinal cord injuries occur each year in the United States and more than 200,000 Americans suffer from maladies associated with spinal cord injury. This includes paralysis, bowel and bladder dysfunction, sexual dysfunction, respiratory impairment, temperature regulation problems, and chronic pain. During the last two decades, longstanding beliefs about the inability of the adult central nervous system to heal itself have been eroded...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309095859
• ISBN13: 9780309095853
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"