Spinal cord concussion: studying the potential risks of repetitive injury

What is spinal concussion?Spinal cord concussion is a variant of mild spinal cord injury,clinically designated as transient paraplegia or neurapraxia,and characterized by variable degrees of sensory impairment and motor weakness that typically resolve within 24–72 hours without permanent deficits(De...

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Published inNeural regeneration research Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 58 - 60
Main Authors Fischer, Itzhak, Haas, Christopher, Raghupathi, Ramesh, Jin, Ying
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Wolters Kluwer - Medknow Publications 2016
Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
Drexel University College of Medicine, Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Summary:What is spinal concussion?Spinal cord concussion is a variant of mild spinal cord injury,clinically designated as transient paraplegia or neurapraxia,and characterized by variable degrees of sensory impairment and motor weakness that typically resolve within 24–72 hours without permanent deficits(Del Bigio and Johnson,1989;Zwimpfer and Bernstein,1990;Torg et al.,1997).
Bibliography:What is spinal concussion?Spinal cord concussion is a variant of mild spinal cord injury,clinically designated as transient paraplegia or neurapraxia,and characterized by variable degrees of sensory impairment and motor weakness that typically resolve within 24–72 hours without permanent deficits(Del Bigio and Johnson,1989;Zwimpfer and Bernstein,1990;Torg et al.,1997).
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ISSN:1673-5374
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DOI:10.4103/1673-5374.169634