Spinal Cord Injury

Blessen Eapen is the Chief of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Department at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and is a Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Eapen is a physiatrist, researcher, and medical educator who has received numerous professional awards and honors and has authored many peer-reviewed publications, chapters and books in the field of rehabilitation medicine David Cifu is an American physiatrist, researcher, and medical educator. He is the Associate Dean for Innovation and System Integration in the School of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, the chairman and Herman J. Flax M.D. Professor of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Virginia Commonwealth University, staff physiatrist at the Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center, founding director of the VCU-Center for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering and senior TBI specialist in the Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Health Administration.

Table of Contents - to be finalised

Questions included with each chapter

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Spinal Cord Injury Boards

Chapter 2: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Prevention of SCI

Chapter 3: Anatomy and Imaging of the Spinal Cord

Chapter 4: Assessment, Classification and Prognosis of Spinal Cord Injury

Chapter 5: Acute Evaluation and Management of Spinal Cord Injury

Chapter 6: Cardiovascular Issues in Spinal Cord Injury

Chapter 7: Pulmonary Issues in Spinal Cord Injury

Chapter 8: Gastrointestinal Issues in Spinal Cord Injury

Chapter 9: Genitourinary Issues in Spinal Cord Injury

Chapter 10: Sexual and Reproductive Health in Spinal Cord Injury

Chapter 11: Musculoskeletal Issues in Spinal Cord Injury

Chapter 12: Neurological Complications of Spinal Cord Injury

Chapter 13: Pressure Injuries

Chapter 14: Pain in Spinal Cord Injury

Chapter 15: Nutrition, Endocrine and Immune Function in Spinal Cord Injury

Chapter 16: Psychological Disorders in Spinal Cord Injury

Chapter 17: Rehabilitation in Spinal Cord Injury



(reflecting the current board distribution of 10% of the exam being on these topics).
Includes functional assessment, exercise and modalities (therapeutic exercise, functional estim, modalities, non-traditional therapies), mobility (gait, ambulation/lower extremity orthoses, wheelchairs/other mobility devices, transfers, positioning, and sitting balance), ADLs (adaptive equipment/functional orthosis, architectural adaptations, tendon transfers, environmental control technology), and speech and communication

Chapter 18: Miscellaneous Topics in Spinal Cord Injury



Includes participation/living with SCI (recreation and sports, community access and driving, vocational rehabilitation, social issues), healthcare systems (rehabilitation team, patient safety, medico-legal issues, advocacy, practice management), clinical and basic science (research and statistical methods, neural injury/regeneration), spinal orthosis, ethics and professionalism, and electrodiagnostic assessment.