SPINAL CORD INJURY, PART 2: REHABILITATION AND BEYOND

Course overview

Each year, about 12,000 people experience a spinal cord injury, increasing the population of the approximately 300,000 people already living with SCI in the United States. As a result, healthcare providers in many settings, including rehabilitation team members, will care for patients with SCI, not only after the initial injury and rehabilitation, but at any time the patients have health problems. Part 1 of this two-part series focused on the acute management of the patient with SCI. This final module provides information about spinal injury rehabilitation and functional potential for people with SCI, recognition and management of chronic complications, interventions for specific physiological alterations and SCI research trends.