@article{ref1,
title="Spinal-cord injury",
journal="Lancet",
year="2002",
author="McDonald, John W. and Sadowsky, Cristina",
volume="359",
number="9304",
pages="417-425",
abstract="More than a decade ago, spinal-cord injury meant confinement to a wheelchair and a lifetime of medical comorbidity. The physician's armamentarium of treatments was very limited, and provision of care for individuals with spinal-cord injury was usually met with frustration. Advances in the neurosciences have drawn attention to research into spinal-cord injury. Nowadays, advanced interventions provide high hope for regeneration and functional restoration. As scientific advances become more frequent, scepticism is giving way to the ideas that spinal-cord injury will eventually be repairable and that strategies to restore function are within our grasp. We address the present understanding of spinal-cord injury, its cause, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment, and look at promising research avenues. We also discuss new treatment options, including functional electric stimulation and part-weight-supported walking.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0140-6736",
doi="10.1016/S0140-6736(02)07603-1",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(02)07603-1"
}