History of spinal cord medicine / Ibrahim M. Eltorai -- Anatomy and function of the spinal cord / Harry G. Goshgarian -- Imaging of the spinal cord / Roland R. Lee and Blaine L. Hart -- Epidemiology of spinal cord injury / Michael J. DeVivo -- Outcomes following spinal cord injury / Ien Sie and Robert L. Waters -- Prehospital management of spinal cord injured patients / William Whetstone -- Acute medical management of spinal cord injury / Cristina Barboi and William T. Peruzzi -- Factors affecting surgical decision making / Patrick J. Connolly -- Cervical injuries : indications and options for surgery / Christopher M. Bono, Michael J. Vives, and Christopher P. Kauffman -- Surgical management for thoracolumbar spinal njuries / Paul E. Savas and Alexander R. Vaccaro -- Respiratory dysfunction in spinal cord disorders / Catherine S.H. Sassoon and Ahmet Baydur -- Sleep disorders in spinal cord injury / Lawrence J. Epstein and Robert Brown -- Cardiovascular dysfunction in spinal cord disorders / Sunil Sabharwal -- Thromboembolism in spinal cord disorders / David Chen -- Infection and spinal cord injury / Rabih O. Darouiche -- Thermoregulation in the SCI patient / Thomas C. Cesario and Rabih O. Darouiche -- The immune system and inflammatory response in persons with SCI / Frederick S. Frost and Lily C. Pien -- Endocrine and metabolic consequences of spinal cord injuries / James K. Schmitt and Diane L. Schroeder -- Primary care for persons with spinal cord injury / James K. Schmitt [and others] -- Spinal cord injury : the role of pharmacokinetics in optimizing drug therapy / J. Steven Richardson and Jack L. Segal -- Normal and abnormal micturition / John Wheeler -- Renal insufficiency in patients with spinal cord injury / Cyril H. Barton and N.D. Vaziri -- Urologic management in spinal cord injury / Donald R. Bodner and Inder Perkash -- Urolithiasis in spinal cord disorders / Daniel Culkin and Michael V. Binins -- The gastrointestinal system after spinal cord injury / Steven A. Stiens, Noel R. Fajardo, and Mark A. Korsten -- Sexual dysfunction and infertility in men with spinal cord disorders / Stacy Elliott -- Neurologic assessment of spinal cord dysfunction / Ralph Marino -- The electrodiagnostic examination in spinal cord disorders / Asa J. Wilbourn -- Electrophysiologic evaluation of the spinal tracts / Mark A. Lissens -- Acute nontraumatic myelopathies / Robert M. Woolsey and David S. Martin -- Chronic nontraumatic myelopathies / Robert M. Woolsey and David S. Martin -- Multiple sclerosis / Jack Burks, G. Kim Bigley, and Haydon Hill -- Pain management in persons with spinal cord disorders / Thomas N. Bryce and Kristjan T. Ragnarsson -- Management of spasticity / Patricia W. Nance -- Autonomic dysfunction in spinal cord disease / Brenda Mallory -- Syringomyelia / James W. Little -- Dual diagnosis : spinal cord injury and brain injury / Ziyad Ayyoub [and others] -- Musculoskeletal pain and overuse injuries / Michael L. Boninger [and others] -- Management of long bone fractures / Douglas Garland and Leslie Shokes -- Bone loss and osteoporosis following spinal cord injury / Beatrice Jenny Kiratli -- Functional restoration of the upper extremity in tetraplegia / Vincent R. Hentz and Timothy R. McAdams -- The medical management of pressure ulcers / Michael M. Priebe [and others] -- The surgical management of pressure ulcers / Robert E. Montroy and Ibrahim Eltorai -- Heterotopic ossification / Robert Montroy -- Cardiovascular fitness after spinal cord injury / Mark S. Nash -- Wheelchairs and seating / Rory A. Cooper [and others] -- Spinal orthoses / Ed Ayyappa and Kelly Downs -- Upper limb orthoses / Michal Atkins, Darrell Clark, and Robert Waters -- Lower limb orthoses and rehabilitation / Ann Yamane -- Activities of daily living / Catherine LeViseur and Sherry Sonka-Maarek -- Recreation and leisure skills for people with spinal cord disorders / Jo Lemons and Nancy C. Cutter -- Vocational rehabilitation / Kurt L. Johnson -- Driving with a spinal cord disorder / Norman F. Simoes and Laurie Lindblom -- Functional electrical stimulation / Peter H. Gorman -- Functional magnetic stimulation / Vernon Lin and Ian Hsiao -- Mechanisms and natural history of spinal cord injury / Sandra K. Kostyk, Phillip G. Popovich, and Bradford T. Stokes -- Acute treatment strategies for spinal cord injury / Edward D. Hall -- Recent advances in neural regeneration / Hans S. Keirstead and Oswald Steward -- Spinal cord repair strategies / Henrich Cheng and Yu-Shang Lee -- Retraining the human spinal cord / V. Reggie Edgerton, Susan J. Harkema, and Bruce H. Dobkin -- Spinal cord injury and aging / Susan Charlifue and Daniel Lammertse -- Women's health challenges after spinal cord injury / Amie Jackson -- Spinal cord disorders in children and adolescents / Lawrence C. Vogel, Randal R. Betz, and Mary Jane Mulcahey -- The prevention of spinal cord injury / Russ Fine, Wendy Sykes-Horn, and Katherine Terry -- Psychosocial factors in spinal cord injury / Robert A. Moverman -- Social issues in spinal cord injury / Helen T. Bosshart -- The costs of spinal cord injury / Monroe Berkowitz -- Model spinal cord injury systems of care / Michael J. DeVivo -- VA spinal cord injury system of care / Margaret C. Hammond -- Consortium for spinal cord medicine clinical practice guidelines / Dawn M. Sexton, Kenneth C. Parsons, and J. Paul Thomas -- Subspecialty certification in spinal cord injury medicine / Margaret C. Hammond -- CARF : the rehabilitation accreditation commission / Peggy S. Neale -- Architectural considerations for improving access / Ian Hsiao and Thomas Hodne -- Health industry and product information / Pamela E. Wilson and Gerald H. Clayton.