scholarly journals Evaluation of Challenges in the Diagnosis of Spinal Injury Complicated with Trauma

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Nao Tsukamoto ◽  
Keisuke Ishii ◽  
Kanezaki Shozo ◽  
Osamu Matsunari ◽  
Tomotaka Shibata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Injury

Spine Impairment Evaluation: Sixth Edition Approaches

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Craig Uejo ◽  
Marjorie Eskay-Auerbach ◽  
Christopher R. Brigham
Keyword(s):  
Functional Status ◽  
Spinal Injury ◽  
Current Medical ◽  
Clinical Testing ◽  
Medical Evidence ◽  
Sixth Edition ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Rating Process ◽  
Impairment Ratings ◽  
Class Assignment

Abstract Evaluators who use the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA Guides), Sixth Edition, should understand the significant changes that have occurred (as well as the Clarifications and Corrections) in impairment ratings for disorders of the cervical spine, thoracic spine, lumbar spine, and pelvis. The new methodology is an expansion of the Diagnosis-related estimates (DRE) method used in the fifth edition, but the criteria for defining impairment are revised, and the impairment value within a class is refined by information related to functional status, physical examination findings, and the results of clinical testing. Because current medical evidence does not support range-of-motion (ROM) measurements of the spine as a reliable indicator of specific pathology or permanent functional status, ROM is no longer used as a basis for defining impairment. The DRE method should standardize and simplify the rating process, improve validity, and provide a more uniform methodology. Table 1 shows examples of spinal injury impairment rating (according to region of the spine and category, with comments about the diagnosis and the resulting class assignment); Table 2 shows examples of spine impairment by region of the spine, class, diagnosis, and associated whole person impairment ratings form the sixth and fifth editions of the AMA Guides.

The Treatment of Soft Tissue After Spinal Injury

1986 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 387-405
Author(s):  
Michael Sawyer ◽  
Candise K. Zbieranek
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Spinal Injury

Heterotopic ossification in 453 chronic spinal injury patients

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shamsa Sharitapanahi ◽  
Shahrzad Shariatpanahi
Keyword(s):  
Heterotopic Ossification ◽  
Spinal Injury

Rehabilitation of the canine patient following spinal cord injury: a practical guide

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Cheryl Corral
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Spinal Injury ◽  
Neurological Deficits ◽  
Practical Guide ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Physical Therapies

This article forms part of a series exploring the rehabilitation of the canine shoulder, elbow, back, hip and stifle following injury or disease. Discussed here are different rehabilitation techniques used to address neurological deficits, pain and weakness following spinal injury, including physical therapies, electrotherapies and acupuncture.

A posture chart for care of the patient with acute spinal injury in ICU

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
M. Hopkinson ◽  
T. Williams ◽  
G. Leslie ◽  
T. Leen
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Injury
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