Spinal Cord Disease: Basic Science, Diagnosis and Management

1 Introduction.- 2 Anatomical Basis of Spinal Cord Function.- 3 Prospects for Spinal Cord Repair after Injury.- 4 Spinal Modulation of Noxious Stimuli.- 5 Spasticity.- 6 Hazards of Spinal/Lumbar Puncture.- 7 Neuropathology.- 8 Embryology and Paediatric Aspects of Spinal Disorders.- 9 Imaging of the Spine and Spinal Cord.- 10 Clinical Features of Spinal Compression.- 11 Electrophysiological Investigation of Disorders of the Spinal Cord.- 12 Radiculopathy due to Diseases other than Disc Disease.- 13 Autonomic Dysfunction in Spinal Cord Disease.- 14 Trauma to the Cervical Spine.- 15 Disc and Degenerative Disease: Stenosis, Spondylosis and Subluxation.- 16 Craniocervical Anomalies and Non-traumatic Syringomyelia.- 17 Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Cervical Spine.- 18 Meningitic Disorders and Myelopathies.- 19 Myelopathies in HIV Infection.- 20 Disorders of the Anterior Horn Cell.- 21 Tropical Diseases of the Spinal Cord.- 22 The Conus Medullaris and Sphincter Control.- 23 Psychosexual and Psychosocial Aspects of Spinal Cord Disease.- 24 Spinal Vascular Disease.- 25 Decompression Illnesses and the Spinal Cord.- 26 Inherited Diseases of the Spinal Cord.- 27. Deficiency Diseases of the Spinal Cord.- 28 Vertebral Body Collapse.- 29 Spinal Epidural Abscess.- 30 Spinal Tumours.- 31 Trauma and Paraplegia.- 32 SCI Rehabilitation: Concepts, Mobility, Functional Electrical Stimulation, Spasticity.