Chances of spinal cord injury recovery

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- About Spinal Cord Injuries -

Recovery

Recovery from spinal cord injury is fairly predictable.

· People with a complete injury generally are not expected to make too significant a recovery except, some improvement in motor strength in the zone of injury.

· Recovery for persons with an incomplete injury is less predictable. Most recovery occurs within the first six months; however, some additional neurological recovery may take place up to 18 months or longer after injury.

· In a patient with a cauda equina (the nerve area below the spine) injury, some recovery is possible through regeneration for up to three years following spinal cord injury. It is a peripheral nerve type of injury.

Treatments and Research

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