Spinal cord injuries 'extremely difficult to predict'RSS Feed

It is very difficult to predict how spinal cord injuries will affect different people, it is claimed.

"Essentially the spinal cord is part of the brain and any damage that occurs is very complex," stated Dan Burden, in an article for the Scotsman.

It can be especially difficult in the early days following a spinal injury to say what impact it will likely have on the individual, suggested Mr Burden, who works for the Spinal Injuries Association.

However, he added that, although recovery can be a slow process, people can often go back to doing many of the activities they did before their accident, "such as employment, sports and leisure activities and raising families".

Meanwhile, an expert in the US has stated that a lot of encouraging research is exploring potential treatments for spinal cord injuries, but there is not likely to be a "magic bullet" in terms of identifying a cure.

Dr Ranjan Gupta, chair of the department of orthopaedic surgery at the University of California, Irvine, believes that one difficulty with spinal cord injuries is the fact that they involve more than the direct injury to the spine.

Serious Law, leading spinal cord injury solicitors

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