Nonsurgical In many cases, individuals with<unk>  can experience a reduction in their neurological symptoms with conservative management. The first steps of these intervention strategies include admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) after initial injury. After entering the ICU, early immobilization of the cervical spine with a neck collar would be placed on the patient to limit the potential of further injury. Cervical spine restriction is maintained for approximately six weeks until the individual experiences a reduction in pain and neurological symptoms. Inpatient rehabilitation is initiated in the hospital setting, followed by outpatient physical therapy and occupational therapy to assist with recovery. An individual with a spinal<unk>  injury may have many goals for outpatient occupational and physiotherapy. Their level of independence, self-care, and mobility are dependent on their degree of neurological impairment. Rehabilitation organization and outcomes are also based on these impairments. The physiatrist, along with the rehabilitation team, work with the patient to develop specific, measurable, action-oriented, realistic, and time-centered goals. With respect to physical therapy interventions, it has been determined that repetitive task-specific sensory input can improve motor output in patients with<unk> . These activities enable the spinal<unk>  to incorporate both supraspinal and afferent sensory information to help recover motor output. This occurrence is known as "activity dependent plasticity". Activity dependent plasticity is stimulated through such activities as: locomotor training, muscle strengthening, voluntary cycling, and functional electrical stimulation (FES) cycling Surgical Surgical intervention is usually given to those individuals who have increased instability of their cervical spine, which cannot be resolved by conservative management alone. Further indications for surgery include a neurological decline in spinal<unk>  function in stable patients as well as those who require cervical spinal decompression.
Central cord syndrome
Posterior cord syndrome
Occipital horn syndrome
Medial medullary syndrome
Lateral medullary syndrome
Syringomyelia
Vascular myelopathy
Upper motor neuron syndrome