Biomaterial design considerations for repairing the injured spinal cord

Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-180

  Gilbert, Ryan J ^a,b   Rivet, Christopher J ^a,b   Zuidema, Jonathan M ^a,b   Popovich, Phillip G ^c  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Spinal cord injury; Spinal cord injury models

Indexed keywords

PATIENT REHABILITATION; REPAIR;

ASSESSMENT TOOL; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; IN-VITRO MODELS; INJURED SPINAL CORDS; OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENIC MECHANISMS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI); THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY;

BIOMATERIALS;

BIOMATERIAL; MACROGOL;

BIOENGINEERING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IN VIVO STUDY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

EID: 79960031200     PISSN: 0278940X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.v39.i2.30     Document Type: Review

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