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Basic science of closed head injuries and spinal cord injuries
David O Okonkwo1, James R Stone
1Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia, PO Box 800212, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0212, USA. doo5a@virginia.edu
Clinics in Sports Medicine
|July 11, 2003
Abstract:
Traumatic CNS injury is one of the most important health issues in our society and is a risk to all athletes, both in competitive and recreational sports. Our understanding of the pathophysiology has improved tremendously in the last 20 years. This progress has led to the identification of several possible treatments for improving outcome following spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury. As no panacea exists, improvements in experimental models have empowered researchers in their search for novel therapeutic strategies.