This feature is to let interested parties discuss subjects related to spinal cord injury and quality of life. We welcome all stakeholders to participate and to share their views. Although everyone is welcome to read the comments and postings in our forum, you must register to be able to post and respond to topics. The [...]
May 26, 2017 Rehabilitation Interventions for Individuals with a SCI in the Community Research Team The R II SC team will develop and implement innovative, multimodal, and interprofessional community-based rehabilitation solutions to mitigate comorbidities and complications linked to endocrine-metabolic disease (EMD) among individuals with chronic (≥18 months) spinal cord injury/disease (SCI) living in the community. These rehabilitation solutions will [...]
Several conferences related to spinal cord injury (SCI) are coming up. Here are a few key details about these exciting events:The 56th Annual International Spinal Cord Society (ISCOS) Annual Scientific Meeting will be happening in Dublin, Ireland this year on October 24-26, 2017. There are two weeks left to submit an abstract: http://www.iscos.org.uk/2017-annual-scientific-meetingThe 2017 Paralyzed Veterans of [...]
The Canadian Access & Inclusion Project is interested in your opinions, comments and recommendations to make Canada a more accessible and inclusive country. The project is led by Spinal Cord Injury Canada and includes 28 different disability organizations including the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation. To participate in the online survey please click here - http://include-me.ca and look [...]
Jan 16, 2017 For further details, click here.
The popularity of yoga for persons with disabilities and other chronic illnesses is growing. Researchers at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and York University (Toronto, Ontario) have done some preliminary work evaluating the feasiblity and efficacy of Yoga in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) [study abstract], which has led to a recently completed clinical [...]
Jan 03, 2017 For further details, click here.
Jan 03, 2017 For further details, click here.
Jan 03, 2017 For further details, click here.
Monday April 18, 2016 A success story of Best Practice Implementation in Canada The Spinal Cord Injury Knowledge Mobilization Network (SCI KMN) is a community of practice that has evolved out of a national best practice implementation effort that began in 2011. It is a network of 6 rehabilitation hospitals located in 3 provinces [...]