RT Book, Section A1 Davis, Matthew A1 Allam, Anand A1 Korupolu, Radha A2 Mitra, Raj SR Print(0) ID 1182776482 T1 An overview of Nontraumatic Spinal Cord Injury and Dysfunction T2 Principles of Rehabilitation Medicine YR 2019 FD 2019 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071793339 LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182776482 RD 2024/03/28 AB While much emphasis on spinal cord injury/dysfunction (SCI/D) has focused on trauma, nontraumatic SCI/D is becoming increasingly common as the population ages. Nontraumatic SCI/D can be caused by a wide variety of etiologies. This chapter will provide a brief review motor neuron diseases (with primary emphasis on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [ALS]), and myelopathies related to spondylosis, tumors, infection, vascular anomalies, and demyelinating disorders. Basic pathophysiology and rehabilitative techniques in nontraumatic SCI/D are in many cases similar as those in traumatic SCI (see Chapter 14 for a review of these topics.) A more focused review of inflammatory, infectious and cancer related SCI are found in Chapters 16 and 17, respectively.