Please describe an example of both a primary and
secondary spinal cord injury.
Our discussion this week pertains to Spinal Cord Injuries.
Primary spinal cord injury involves damage to vertebral or neural
tissues from compression, traction, or shearing forces. Secondary
spinal cord injury is related to ischemia, excitotoxicity,
inflammation, edema, oxidative damage, and activation of necrotic
and apoptotic cell death; it begins within minutes after injury and
continues for weeks.
Assignment Instructions:
Some learners will use the same injury, such...