TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - An overview of Nontraumatic Spinal Cord Injury and Dysfunction A1 - Davis, Matthew A1 - Allam, Anand A1 - Korupolu, Radha A2 - Mitra, Raj Y1 - 2019 N1 - T2 - Principles of Rehabilitation Medicine AB - While much emphasis on spinal cord injury/dysfunction (SCI/D) has focused on trauma, nontraumatic SCI/D is becoming increasingly common as the population ages. Nontraumatic SCI/D can be caused by a wide variety of etiologies. This chapter will provide a brief review motor neuron diseases (with primary emphasis on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [ALS]), and myelopathies related to spondylosis, tumors, infection, vascular anomalies, and demyelinating disorders. Basic pathophysiology and rehabilitative techniques in nontraumatic SCI/D are in many cases similar as those in traumatic SCI (see Chapter 14 for a review of these topics.) A more focused review of inflammatory, infectious and cancer related SCI are found in Chapters 16 and 17, respectively. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182776482 ER -