Physical Medicine & Brain Injury Links

See Cognitive and Functional Rehabilitation in Brain Injury from a recent MGH Neurosurgery Grand Rounds Presentation.

Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Links

• MGH Neurosurgery's guide to organizations providing support and education regarding spinal cord injury and paralysis.
• Yahoo's Paralysis Index
• American Paralysis Association Homepage
• SCI Support
• SCI Web
• SCI Support Network with The Cord Newsletter
• Spinal Cord Injury Information from the (US) National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  • Current Understanding and Treatment
    • The Normal Spinal Cord
    • Anatomical and Functional Changes After Injury
    • Clinical Management
    • Conclusion
  • Secondary Damage
    Immune System Reactions
    Oxidative Damage
    Calcium and Excitotoxicity
    Necrosis and Apoptosis
    Axon Damage
    Changes Below the Injury
    Conclusion
  • Regeneration
    --Implications of Development
    Nerve Cell Differentiation
    Axon Pathfinding
    Synapse Formation
    --Basic Regeneration Studies
    Trophic Factors
    Intrinsic Growth Programs
    Barriers to Growth
    --Applied Regeneration Studies
    Transplantation
    Trophic Factors
    Anti-Inhibitory Factors
    Combination Therapies
    --Conclusion
  • Current Interventions
    Drug Therapy
    Neural Prostheses
    Rehabilitation
    Conclusion
  • Preclinical and Clinical Testing of New Therapies
    Preclinical Testing
    Clinical Trials
    Conclusion
  • Conclusion
  • Glossary of Major Terms
• National Spinal Cord Injury Association
• National Spinal Cord Injury Hotline
  • Spinal cord injury service Hotline's toll free number is 1-800-526-3456.
    It is an information and referral service available to individuals who have sustained a traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) and their families. The office hours are 9-5 EST and 24 hours for new injuries.
    The Hotline was established in 1984 and the heartbeat of the Hotline is its peer support network. Now over 550 individuals across the country volunteer to provide support and assistance to others in their geographic area. The Hotline is financially supported by the Paralyzed Veterans of America.

Brain Injury/Stroke Rehabilitation Links

• Head Injury Rehab Links from the (US) National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  • Head Injury: Rehabilitation
    Head Injury Rehabilitation
    • Physical Troubles Interfere
    • Coping with Personality Changes
    • Regaining the Quality of Life after a Head Injury
    • Head Injuries and the Impact on the Family
    • Do's & Don'ts of Head Injury Patient Care
• Brain Injury - A Guide for Families and Friends (UIowa)
• Guide to organizations providing support and education regarding strokes.
• Yahoo's Internet Stroke Information Index
• MGH Neurology Web Forum : select Stroke
• Recovering After a Stroke Consumers Guide US National Institutes of Health
• Post-Stroke Rehabilitation Physician's Guide US National Institutes of Health

Resources for people with disabilities and their families and other care-givers.
• MedWeb (Emory) disability resource index
• More Cool Disability Resources from Evan Kemp Associates
• Diability Resources (U Maryland)
• Galaxy Disability Resources Index and another Disability Index Homepage
• Patient Advocacy Groups Help Line - toll free telephone numbers (from Johns Hopkins)
• My Handi-Capable Reporter A Newsletter with the motto,"Changing pessimism to optimism."