Influence of neurotrauma on clinical indices and neurological status of pigs

Neurological symptoms in the acute period after a contusion injury of the spinal cord at the level of the eleventh thoracic segment in pigs are characterized by signs of complete transverse lesion and spinal shock. In the early and intermediate post-traumatic periods, neuromuscular conduction and autonomic reflexes are partially restored. Passive and active kinesiotherapy in the early and intermediate periods after a spinal cord injury contusion in pigs stimulates recovery of motor ability and neuromuscular conduction.