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1. Introduction
2. Rehabilitation after spinal cord injury
3. The nervous system... has a body!
4. Experience and developing or mature NS
5. SCI: an extreme example of forced inactivity
6. Deterioration of NS function below level of injury
7. Changes in spinal reflex responses after SCI
8. Peripheral processes
9. Age-related changes in neuromuscular junction
10. Cortical bone loss
11. Muscle atrophy and intramuscular fat post-SCI
12. Disorders of hormonal and lipid metabolism
13. Effects of exercise
14. Exercise and muscle
15. Spinal cord injury effects in the brain
16. Muscle activation with locomotor training
17. Stimulation for peripheral nerve regeneration
18. Electrical stimulation for cauda equina injury
19. Tenodesis grip
20. Can hand function be restored?
21. Evaluation: brain motor control assessment
22. Requirements for clinical trials of effectiveness
23. Comparative effectiveness research in SCI
24. Re-assessing the goals of rehabilitation
25. Acknowledgements

Topics Covered

• Spinal cord injury
• An extreme example of forced inactivity
• Deterioration of nervous and musculoskeletal systems
• Role of exercise in reversing or preventing musculoskeletal deterioration
• Comparative effectiveness research to evaluate rehabilitation after spinal cord injury

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Series:

• Neurotrauma

Categories:

• Clinical Practice
• Neuroscience

Therapeutic Areas:

• Neurology

Talk Citation

Galea, M. (2012, January 1). Spinal cord injury and physical activity: transforming rehabilitation [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved April 16, 2024, from https://hstalks.com/bs/2205/.
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Publication History

• Published on January 1, 2012

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Mary Galea has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.