Search for dissertations about: "management of spinal cord injury"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words management of spinal cord injury.

2. 1. Pediatric spinal cord injury

   Author : Marika Augutis; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Pediatric; Spinal Cord Injury; Epidemiology; Adolescence; Psychosocial; Rehabilitation.;

   Abstract : Sustaining a Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) alters every aspect of a person s life significantly and irreversibly. Since SCI of traumatic etiology predominately occurs in young adult males, most research has focused on this group. Other demographic groups, such as children and women, have received much less attention. READ MORE

4. 2. Older adults with long-term spinal cord injury

   Author : Sophie Jörgensen; Rehabiliteringsmedicin; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Rehabilitation; Spinal Cord Injuries; International Classification of Functioning; Disability and Health ICF ; Aging; Depression; Exercise; Activities of Daily Living; Adaptation; Psychological; Sense of Coherence;

   Abstract : As a result of advances in healthcare and rehabilitation, many people with spinal cord injury (SCI) have lived several decades with their injury. Knowledge of living with long-term SCI into older age is limited, despite an increased focus on aging with SCI in research and clinical practice. READ MORE

5. 3. The Stockholm-Thessaloniki acute traumatic spinal cord injury study

   Author : Anestis Divanoglou; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Spinal cord injury; Greece; Sweden; mortality; Nordic Spinal Cord Injury Registry; system of care; outcomes; complications; incidence;

   Abstract : About 60 years ago, the application of the then contemporary medical methods to treat traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (TSCI), its consequences and complications, coupled with the introduction of a systematic approach of care, resulted in major prognostic improvements. Since then, many countries worldwide have established systems of SCI care. READ MORE

6. 4. Nerve injury induced pain and spinal cord stimulation

   Author : Camilla Ultenius; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Neuropathic pain;

   Abstract : Chronic neuropathic pain caused by injury to or disease in the nervous system is relatively common and results in major suffering, poor quality of life and incapacity. Such pain is a therapeutic challenge because a considerable portion of the patients fails to benefit from pharmacotherapy. READ MORE

7. 5. Upper extremity functioning in individuals with cervical or thoracic spinal cord injury - From body functions to participation

   Author : Lamprini Lili; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; activity; autonomy; capacity; functioning; participation; performance; spinal cord injury; upper extremity;

   Abstract : Background: A spinal cord injury (SCI) can lead to a range of impairments in various body functions, including the function of upper extremity, with severity varying from mild to severe. Long-term consequences for functioning and disability are a dynamic result of the injury characteristics and various other factors, requiring further knowledge regarding upper extremity functioning. READ MORE