TY - CHAP AU - Farhad Abbasi AU - Soolmaz Korooni ED - Yannis Dionyssiotis Y1 - 2017-12-20 PY - 2017 T1 - Infectious Complications after Spinal Cord Injury N2 - Spinal cord injury is a severe condition leading to serious neurological dysfunctions and changes a person's life in a sudden way. Understanding the pathophysiology of spinal cord injury will improve the prognosis and reintegration to the society of spinal cord-injured subjects. The book Essentials in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine includes seven chapters with valuable information addressing hot topics related to spinal cord injury, ranging from pathophysiology, nontraumatic spinal cord injury, complications to exoskeletons, and research therapies with mesenchymal stem cells. The book could be a valued reference for physiatrists, neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, neurologists and physical therapists. BT - Essentials of Spinal Cord Injury Medicine SP - Ch. 5 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.72783 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.72783 SN - 978-1-78923-249-3 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-23 ER -