Aging can worsen spinal cord injury
Jul 02, 2014 For further details, click here.
November 2014 – ABC of Autonomic Dysreflexia in spinal cord injury.
There is a new online course to help clinicians learn about managing Autonomic dysreflexia (AD) in people with spinal cord injury (SCI) called the 'ABC of Autonomic Dysreflexia'. AD, also called hyperreflexia, is a condition that results from overactivity of the autonomic nervous system in individuals with SCI. It is characterized by increased arterial blood pressure [...]
2014 Paralympics
The Paralympics opening ceremony is today! We salute the participating athletes and look forward to an exciting series of sporting events. As a Canadian-based website, we like to highlight a few Canadians with spinal cord injury taking part of this historic event: Two-time gold medallist Sonja Gaudet will be Canada's flag-bearer at the 2014 [...]
Advancing Neurotrauma Research: An Ontario-Quebec Partnership
Jun 03, 2015 For further details, click here.
Peking University Collaborates With Canada On Spinal Injury Research
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Paralyzed Veteran Fights for VA Spinal Cord Injury Center
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New York Officials Restore Millions for Spinal Cord Injury Research
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Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation – Spring 2014 Newsletter
Apr 10, 2014 The Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation (ONF) has released it's Spring 2014 Newlsetter. The top stories for spinal cord injury (SCI) include: Delivering Primary Care - new e-learning resource for primary physicians. A Tool Kit to Stay Active - a tool-kit to help people with SCI get fit. To download the PDF, click here or [...]
Funding Opportunities and Meetings for 2014
We hope that 2014 has been off to a good start to all of you. To start off our year here at PAR-QoL, we thought we would share some notices for funding and upcoming meetings. FUNDING The Rick Hansen Institute is launching two new funding opportunities: Emerging Interventions & Innovative Technologies and Preclinical SCI Research Towards [...]
PAR-QOL USABILITY STUDY – REQUEST FOR FEEDBACK
Weds. Feb. 19. 2014 Dear Newsletter Subscribers, Have you had time to explore the resources on the Participation and Quality of Life (PAR-QoL) website? If you have, our Spinal Cord Research Team would appreciate your feedback! The goal of the study is to conduct a usability test of the PAR-QoL website with 100-200 clinicians and researchers [...]