Chunlin Hou
Editor

2014

Spinal cord injury (SCI), either traumatic or non-traumatic, is a devastating disorder that leads to signifi cant physical, psychological and socioeconomic burden on patient and family. Spinal cord injury often occurs in young people, who have the prospect of an almost normal life expectancy, but a considerably impaired quality of life. These patients not only experience severe dysfunctions of voluntary movement of limbs, but also have impaired functions of pelvic organs, such as the bladder and the bowel, and sexual dysfunction.