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Ali R. Rezai (born 1965) [1] is an Iranian-born American neurosurgeon and neuroscientist. [2] [3] His work and research has focused on neuromodulation treatments for patients with neurological and mental health conditions, [4] including neuromodulation techniques such as deep brain stimulation (DBS) through brain chip implants to treat Parkinson's disease tremors, obsessive–compulsive ...
The rehabilitation process following a spinal cord injury typically begins in the acute care setting. Occupational therapy plays an important role in the management of SCI. [2] Recent studies emphasize the importance of early occupational therapy, started immediately after the client is stable.
Dr. Oh-Park, Burke’ Chief Medical Officer, is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), Electrodiagnostic Medicine, Neuromuscular Medicine, and Sports Medicine. She is an expert in the rehabilitation of musculoskeletal and neuromuscular disorders and cares for a wide spectrum of individuals, from adult athletes to stroke ...
This can include conditions such as spinal cord injury, brain injury, musculoskeletal injury, stroke, pain and spasticity from muscle, ligament, or nerve damage. PM&R physicians lead rehabilitation teams and are trained in medication management, electrodiagnosis, and targeted injections.
Spinal cord injury research seeks new ways to cure or treat spinal cord injury in order to lessen the debilitating effects of the injury in the short or long term. There is no cure for SCI, and current treatments are mostly focused on spinal cord injury rehabilitation and management of the secondary effects of the condition. [1]
In September 2005 Spann suffered a severe spinal cord injury, rendering him unable to move from the neck down. After a surgery that included an anterior and posterior fusion, an iliac bone graft and a Harm's Cage insertion, he underwent physical therapy, craniosacral therapy and myofascial release therapy. Then, in January 2006, Spann returned ...
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation is a charitable organization headquartered in Short Hills, New Jersey, dedicated to finding treatments and cures for paralysis caused by spinal cord injury and other neurological disorders.
If the patient is obtunded, i.e. has a head injury with altered sensorium, is intoxicated, or has been given potent analgesics, the cervical spine must remain immobilized until a clinical examination becomes possible. [1] Neurosurgeons or orthopaedic surgeons manage any detected injury. Today, most large centers have spine surgery specialists ...