Can injured spinal cord self repair?

[2drwhofans]

I am new to this. What is AIS examination? What is SCI functional level? Is there a book or pamphlet on basic terms that I should look for? For that matter is there a book out there on basic SCI? I'm a used and rare book dealer so love looking for books. Am also retired so am happy to drive half a day to a good library. I'm half way between Rochester & Buffalo. Toronto is less than three hours.

http://www.spinalinjury101.org
http://www.spinalinjury101.org/details/levels-of-injury
http://www.spinalinjury101.org/details/asia-iscos

[DennisS]

http://www.spinalinjury101.org
http://www.spinalinjury101.org/details/levels-of-injury
http://www.spinalinjury101.org/details/asia-iscos

Looks like I'll find many answers here, Thanks

[DennisS]

http://www.spinalinjury101.org
http://www.spinalinjury101.org/details/levels-of-injury
http://www.spinalinjury101.org/details/asia-iscos

Thanks for the links. They show me my problems are trivial. One last question, is there a book out there that summarizes what is in www.spinalinjury.org? This will be my last post.

[SCI-Nurse]

http://asia-spinalinjury.org/information/ or ISCOS is the other for international). This is so that the level of functioning is assessed in the same way.
This is what we use- see the worksheet also. Every level of your spine is tested for movement and sensation. This gives the AIS score AKA your functional level. It can be different on each side and sensory can differ from motor.
Quite complicated but this is the standard. Used to be called ASIA but this somewhat confused people so changed to AIS. This exam is for traumatic SCI but used for other spine disorders- if possible.
CWO

[DennisS]

http://asia-spinalinjury.org/information/ or ISCOS is the other for international). This is so that the level of functioning is assessed in the same way.
This is what we use- see the worksheet also. Every level of your spine is tested for movement and sensation. This gives the AIS score AKA your functional level. It can be different on each side and sensory can differ from motor.
Quite complicated but this is the standard. Used to be called ASIA but this somewhat confused people so changed to AIS. This exam is for traumatic SCI but used for other spine disorders- if possible.
CWO

Thanks, I'll run the AIS testing by my regular doctor but it sounds like not needed in my case.