Clinical fundaments for rehabilitation treatment in spinal cord injury

ABSTRACT

Spinal cord injury leads to a severe disabling syndrome, which most often sffects the young. The major etiologic factor in spinal cord injuries is trauma. Patients rehabilitation is started in the acute phae, soon after the trauma occurs, mainly through preventive care against the formation of pressure sores, deformities of the palsy segments, proper vesical and bowel emptying and care with vasomoter alterations. The rehabilitation process continues at a specialized rehabilitation center, searching the best functional performance of each patient, according to the type and level of the spinal cord injury. This work shows fundaments for the rehabilitaiton tratment