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Record Nr.

UNINA9910687984903321

Titolo

Spinal Cord Injury Therapy / / edited by Antonio Ibarra, Elisa García-Vences and Gabriel Guízar-Sahagún

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : IntechOpen, , 2019

©2019

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 172 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

612.83

Soggetti

Physical therapy

Spinal cord

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the main pathologies causing significant loss of neurological function. Therefore, a variety of pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies are the aims of several studies. To provide the best care, it is important to know and understand the therapeutic approaches that have shown important progress in this topic. This book contains eight chapters that are divided into three sections: Introduction, Pharmacological Therapies, and Non-Pharmacological Therapies. The authors of the chapters deal with the pathophysiology of SCI, the effect of antioxidant and immunosuppressive agents, stem cell-based therapies, the use of cultured cells for transference or transplantation, and the application of non-invasive modalities (transcutaneous electrical spinal cord stimulation, etc.) for SCI rehabilitation.