694
INDEX
Sexual problems—
(cont.)
questionnaire and personal interview tech
niques 449
reflex effects of uterine contractions on
autonomic mechanisms 465-470
sexual desire—dreams 448
sexual readjustment 449
stage of reflex automatism 447
stage of spinal shock 446
stillborn babies 462
testicular biopsy 450
the married life of paraplegics and tetra-
plegics 471-473
Spasticity
absorption of ethyl alcohol from the suba-
rachnoid space 523
anterior rhizotomy 518-519
conservative treatment 515
drug therapy 516-517
elimination of factors lowering reflex
activity 515-516
intrathecal alcohol block 522-527
clinical effects 524-525
intrathecal phenol block 527-529
Iaminectomy3 myelolysis, cordectomy 519
operations on peripheral structures 519-
521
posterior rhizotomy 518
relief of spasticity by chemical blocking
521-527
surgical procedures on cord or spinal roots
517
utilization of postural reflexes 516
valium, librium, intrathecal prostigmine 517
Spondylosis 108
Sport 589-599
British Paraplegic Commonwealth Games
598
British Sports Association for all Disabled
598-599
Pan-American Games 598
The National and International Stoke
Mandeville Games for the Paralysed
592-597
The Stoke Mandeville Sports Stadium for
the paralysed and other disabled 597-
598
Stoke Mandeville National Spinal Injuries
Centre 9-21
Stone formation 392-398
Sweating (sudomotor function) 230-305
Tetraplegic hand—surgical reconstruction
530-531
Thermo-regulation 280-290
Thrombosis (venous) 178
Tracheostomy, tracheal stenosis 198-199,
548
Tractus spino-thalamicus 62-63
Transport 586-588
motor propelled tricycle and motor cars
586-587
public transport 588
wheelchairs—hand propelled and electrical
579-585
Ultimate integration of the spinal man
education of the public to the spinal man
645
engram 642
essence of rehabilitation 639
mobilizing of dormant talents 643-644
neuronal mechanism of learning and
memory 642
perception and interpretation of experience
and learning 643
physiological integration of the spinal man
639-640
process of registration and storage of
memories 643
talents and rehabilitation 641-645
the effects of environmental and hereditary
factors 643
U-waves 335
Vascular supply 65-70
Vertebral column 47-54
Viscero-sudoral reflex 327
Wheelchairs 579-584
