Spinal Cord Injury

Blessen Eapen is the Chief of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Department at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and is a Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Eapen is a physiatrist, researcher, and medical educator who has received numerous professional awards and honors and has authored many peer-reviewed publications, chapters and books in the field of rehabilitation medicine David Cifu is an American physiatrist, researcher, and medical educator. He is the Associate Dean for Innovation and System Integration in the School of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, the chairman and Herman J. Flax M.D. Professor of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Virginia Commonwealth University, staff physiatrist at the Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center, founding director of the VCU-Center for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering and senior TBI specialist in the Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Health Administration.

"This book is an overview of the basic topics of spinal cord injury medicine for those pursuing spinal cord injury medicine boards." ©Doody’s Review Service, 2024, Chinenye C. Nnoromele, BA, MD (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab) Doody’s Score: 93 - 4 Stars!

• Table of Contents - to be finalisedQuestions included with each chapterChapter 1: Introduction to the Spinal Cord Injury BoardsChapter 2: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Prevention of SCIChapter 3: Anatomy and Imaging of the Spinal CordChapter 4: Assessment, Classification and Prognosis of Spinal Cord InjuryChapter 5: Acute Evaluation and Management of Spinal Cord InjuryChapter 6: Cardiovascular Issues in Spinal Cord Injury Chapter 7: Pulmonary Issues in Spinal Cord InjuryChapter 8: Gastrointestinal Issues in Spinal Cord InjuryChapter 9: Genitourinary Issues in Spinal Cord InjuryChapter 10: Sexual and Reproductive Health in Spinal Cord InjuryChapter 11: Musculoskeletal Issues in Spinal Cord Injury Chapter 12: Neurological Complications of Spinal Cord InjuryChapter 13: Pressure InjuriesChapter 14: Pain in Spinal Cord InjuryChapter 15: Nutrition, Endocrine and Immune Function in Spinal Cord InjuryChapter 16: Psychological Disorders in Spinal Cord InjuryChapter 17: Rehabilitation in Spinal Cord Injury (reflecting the current board distribution of 10% of the exam being on these topics).Includes functional assessment, exercise and modalities (therapeutic exercise, functional estim, modalities, non-traditional therapies), mobility (gait, ambulation/lower extremity orthoses, wheelchairs/other mobility devices, transfers, positioning, and sitting balance), ADLs (adaptive equipment/functional orthosis, architectural adaptations, tendon transfers, environmental control technology), and speech and communication Chapter 18: Miscellaneous Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Includes participation/living with SCI (recreation and sports, community access and driving, vocational rehabilitation, social issues), healthcare systems (rehabilitation team, patient safety, medico-legal issues, advocacy, practice management), clinical and basic science (research and statistical methods, neural injury/regeneration), spinal orthosis, ethics and professionalism, and electrodiagnostic assessment.