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Current Techniques for Evaluation of Spinal Cord Injury
Author(s) -
RUCKER NOLAN C.,
Lumb William V.,
SCOTT ROBERT J.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
veterinary surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1532-950X
pISSN - 0161-3499
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1981.tb00626.x
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal cord , efferent , afferent , spinal cord injury , physical medicine and rehabilitation , anatomy , psychiatry
Spinal cord injuries have been evaluated in the past chiefly on the basis of subjective tests. New electronic techniques are now coming into clinical use which allow objective testing of afferent and efferent conduction through long spinal cord tracts. With continued research, it is probable that diagnosis and prognosis of spinal cord injuries can be made with a high degree of confidence.