TY - CHAP AU - Elisa Garcia AU - Roxana Rodríguez-Barrera AU - Jose Mondragón-Caso AU - Horacio Carvajal AU - Antonio Ibarra ED - Yannis Dionyssiotis Y1 - 2018-06-13 PY - 2018 T1 - Pharmacological and Nonpharmacological Therapeutic Strategies Based on the Pathophysiology of Acute and Chronic 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. 2 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.72781 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.72781 SN - 978-1-78923-249-3 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-29 ER -