Dermatomes are especially useful in determining the location of damage in spinal cord injuries ... to the S1 dermatome as a likely site of injury. A pinched nerve, also called radiculopathy ...

Dermatomes are areas of skin that send signals to the brain through the spinal nerves. The dermatome system covers the entire body from the hands and fingers to the feet and toes. The part of a ...

forming nerve roots that branch from your spinal cord, but only 30 dermatomes. Your spinal nerves help to relay sensory, motor, and autonomic information between the rest of your body and your ...

Choosing the best spinal cord injury lawyer is crucial to ensure you get full and fair compensation for the damages you endured if someone else caused your SCI to occur. This guide to choosing the ...

Interviewer: For a patient or a loved one of a patient who has suffered an acute spinal cord injury, they may have a lot of questions about what they can expect with their treatment and rehabilitation ...

After someone experiences a spinal cord injury, doctors set off on a race against the clock. Within a few hours, they rush patients into surgery and administer anti-inflammatory drugs, ranging ...

Capitalizing on the flexibility of tiny cells inside the body's smallest blood vessels may be a powerful spinal cord repair strategy, new research suggests. In mouse experiments, scientists ...

Experiencing a spinal cord injury is life-changing in nearly every aspect of a person’s well-being: physically, emotionally, and socially. The initial shock of the injury often comes with fear, ...

The worst type of spinal cord injuries can lead to permanent loss of sensory and motor function, meaning people will lose feeling below the region of the injury as well as movement. As it stands ...

This cellular complexity amplifies the challenges to effectively treating paralysis caused by injury to the spinal cord. Until now, traditional imaging and mapping methods have offered a ...