Includes bibliographical references and index.

Spinal cord injury : an overview / Edelle C. Field-Fote -- Translating animal research to humans with spinal cord injury / Laurent J. Bouyer -- Musculoskeletal plasticity after SCI : a conceptual framework based -- On plasticity, adaptation, and outcome / Richard K. Shields, Shauna Dudley-Javorski -- Contemporary experimental procedures for individuals with SCI / Maria J. Amador -- Neuroprosthetics / Arthur Prochazka -- Assessment of function / Sarah A. Morrison -- Maximizing mobility / Jennifer D. Hastings, Edelle C. Field-Fote -- Seating and wheelchair prescription / Jennifer D. Hastings, Kendra L. Betz -- Psychological aspects of living with spinal cord injury : emotional health, quality of life, and participation / Susan Magasi, Allen W. Heinemann, and Catherine S. Wilson -- Upper extremity orthotic and postsurgical management / Amy S. Bohn, Allan E. Peljovich -- Upper extremity training for individuals with cervical spinal cord injury : functional recovery and neuroplasticity / Larisa R. Hoffman, Edelle C. Field-Fote -- Lower extremity orthotic prescription / Kelley L. Kubota, Valerie Eberly, Sara J. Mulroy -- Locomotor training after incomplete spinal cord injury : neural mechanisms and functional outcomes / Edelle C. Field-Fote, Andrea Behrman -- Management of respiratory dysfunction / Jane L. Wetzel -- Bowel and bladder function and management / Catherine Warms, Diana D. Cardenas -- Cardiovascular health and exercise prescription / Mark S. Nash -- Pain after spinal cord injury : etiology and management / Eva Widerstrom-Noga -- Spasticity after human spinal cord injury / Edelle C. Field-Fote, Christine K. Thomas -- Physical activity and sport participation after spinal cord injury -- Kathleen A. Curtis -- Adaptive driving after spinal cord injury / Judi Sue Hamelburg -- Sexuality after spinal cord injury / Stacy Elliot -- Fertility after spinal cord injury / Nancy L. Brackett, Emad Ibrahim -- Assistive technology / K. Rao Poduri, Thomas Cesarz -- Special considerations in the rehabilitation of children with SCI / John Kuluz ... [et al.].