The UAB-SCIMS offers a series of Fact Sheets on selected topics related to SCI. Some Fact Sheets are products of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Spinal Cord Injury Model System (UAB-SCIMS).

A spinal cord injury consists of damage to the spinal cord that results from external trauma including accidents, falls and sports-related injuries, rather than a degenerative disease. The effects ...

Deep brain stimulation of the lateral hypothalamus improves walking and promotes recovery in patients with spinal cord injury ...

A spinal cord injury (SCI) disrupts communication between the brain and spinal cord, leading to partial or complete paralysis ...

Antibodies can improve the rehabilitation of people with acute spinal cord injury. Researchers have investigated this with promising results. For the first time, it was possible to identify patient ...