Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine Publishes Year-end Issue

Vol 36 no. 6 features reviews and research articles on wide variety of topics in SCI

West Orange, NJ. December 9, 2013. The year-end issue of the peer-reviewed  Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine (JSCM) has been published. This issue features three reviews on a variety of topics: management of pressure ulcers, the thoracolumbar classification system, and cardiac arrhythmias after spinal cord injury. Research articles address ambulation, bone loss, nutritional supplementation, mortality, quality of life issues, and canine assistance. Nontraumatic spinal disorders featured include multiple sclerosis, epidural hematoma, spinal cord metastases, and demyelination disease. JSCM is the official journal of the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals. Editorial content is accessible via ingentaconnect.com.

JSCM reminds authors that the deadline for the Ernest Bors Award for Scientific Development is December 31. Primary authors of articles accepted in 2013 are eligible to apply if the research was conducted while they were students, residents or postdoctoral fellows in a program leading to a career in SCI research.

Table of Contents: Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine - vol. 36 no. 6 (November 2013) pp. 571-716

1. Editors' note
   Bodner, Donald; Murphy, Carolann; Cavanaugh,Steven, p. 571.
2. Comprehensive management of pressure ulcers in spinal cord injury: Current concepts and future trends
   Kruger, Erwin A.; Pires, Marilyn; Ngann, Yvette; Sterling, Michelle; Rubayi, Salah; pp. 572-85.
3. Relationships between the Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Osteosynthesefragen Spine System and the Thoracolumbar Injury Classification System: An analysis of the literature
   Joaquim, Andrei F.; Patel, Alpesh A. pp. 586-90.
4. Cardiac arrhythmias associated with spinal cord injury
   Hector, Sven Magnus; Biering-Sorensen, Tor; Krassioukov, Andrei; Biering-Sorensen, Fin; pp. 591-9.
5. Identifying and classifying quality-of-life tools for assessing pressure ulcers after spinal cord injury
   Hitzig, Sander L.; Balioussis, Christina; Nussbaum, Ethne; McGillivray, Colleen F.; Catharine Craven, B.; Noreau, Luc; pp. 600-15
6. Anabolic steroids reduce spinal cord injury-related bone loss in rats associated with increased Wnt signaling
   Sun, Li; Pan, Jiangping; Peng, Yuanzhen; Wu, Yong; Li, Jianghua; Liu, Xuan; Qin, Yiwen; Bauman, William A.; Cardozo, Christopher; Zaidi, Mone; Qin, Weiping; pp. 616-22.
7. Lower extremity functional electrical stimulation cycling promotes physical and functional recovery in chronic spinal cord injury
   Sadowsky, Cristina L.; Hammond, Edward R.; Strohl, Adam B.; Commean, Paul K.; Eby, Sarah A.; Damiano, Diane L.; Wingert, Jason R.; Bae, Kyongtae T.; McDonald, John W.; pp. 623-31.
8. The prevalence of urinary catheterization in women and men with multiple sclerosis
   Mahajan, Sangeeta T.; Frasure, Heidi E.; Marrie, Ruth Ann; pp. 632-7.
9. External cues benefit walking ability of ambulatory patients with spinal cord injury
   Amatachaya, Sugalya; Amatachaya, Pipatana; Keawsutthi, Mathita; Siritaratiwat, Wantana; pp. 638-44.
10. Nutritional supplement usage in patients admitted to a spinal cord injury center
    Wong, Samford; Graham, Allison; Green, Debbie; Hirani, Shashivadan P.; Forbes, Alastair; pp. 645-51.
11. Ambulation and complications related to assistive devices after spinal cord injury
    Saunders, Lee L.; Krause, James S.; DiPiro, Nicole D.; Kraft, Sara; Brotherton, Sandra; pp. 652-9.
12. Preliminary investigation into subjective well-being, mental health, resilience, and spinal cord injury
    Migliorini, Christine; Callaway, Libby; New, Peter; pp. 660-5.
13. Influenza infection control guidance provided to staff at Veterans Affairs facilities for veterans with spinal cord injury during a pandemic
    Locatelli, Sara M.; LaVela, Sherri L.; Hogan, Timothy P.; Goldstein, Barry; pp. 666-71.
14. Diagnostic use of dermatomal somatosensory-evoked potentials in spinal disorders: Case series
    Dikmen, Pinar Yalinay; Oge, A. Emre; pp. 672-8.
15. Intersession reliability of thoracolumbar multisegmental motor responses
    Uzun, Selda; Ovak Bittar, Fikriye; Sabbahi, Mohamed A, pp. 679-686.
16. Mortality and causes of death after traumatic spinal cord injury in Estonia
    Sabre, Liis; Rekand, Tiina; Asser, Toomas; Korv, Janika; pp. 687-94.
17. Contralateral referred pain in a patient with intramedullary spinal cord metastasis from extraskeletal small cell osteosarcoma
    Kang, Kyusik; Lee, Jeong-Hee; Kim, Hoon-Gu; pp. 695-9.
18. Using a mobility assistance dog reduces upper limb effort during manual wheelchair ramp ascent in an individual with spinal cord injury
    Gagnon, Dany; Blanchet, Marie; Martin-Lemoyne, Valerie; Vincent, Claude; Routhier, Francois; Corriveau, Helene; pp. 700-6.
19. Thunderclap headache as a presentation of spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma with spontaneous recovery
    Sathirapanya, Pornchai; Setthawatcharawanich, Suwanna; Limapichat, Kitti; Phabphal, Kanitpong; pp. 707-10.
20. Intractable hiccup caused by spinal cord lesions in demyelination disease
    Hao, Xiao-ting; Wang, Lu; Yan, Bo; Zhou, Hong-yu; pp. 711-4.
21. Spinal Cord Injury Facts and Figures at a Glance; pp. 715-6.

The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine (JSCM) serves the international community of professionals dedicated to improving the lives of people with injuries/disorders of the spinal cord. JSCM is the peer-reviewed official journal of the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals (ASCIP), a US-based multidisciplinary organization serving scientists, physicians, psychologists, nurses, therapists and social workers in the field of spinal cord injury care and research. JSCM is a member benefit of ASCIP. The editor is Donald Bodner, MD, of the School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. JSCM is published 6 times a year by Maney Publishing.

Contact: Carolann Murphy, PA, Assistant Editor: [email protected]