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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 target detection, prevention and treatment initiatives aiming to optimize bone health (e.g.,osteoporosis, fracture risk) and minimize the negative effects associated to sarcopenic obesity (e.g., risk of diabetes and heart disease).

Alongside, a reduction of burden of care and direct health care costs are plausible through reduction in the frequency and severity of diabetes, heart diseases and fractures and increases in community participation.

Mar 20, 2017

Upcoming Events in the SCI Field

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-meeting

The 2017 Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) Annual Summit will occur on August 29-31, 2017at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center (Washington, D.C.).  Registration is now open and their are 500 Scholarship oportunities for qualifying clinicians to attend.  To learn more about this scholarship program, visit here: http://summitpva.org/scholarships 

The 2017 Scientific Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) will occur on April 27-29 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Registration is now open: http://www2.asia-spinalinjury.org/meetings/2017/guide/reg/index.iphtml 

The National SCI Conference will happen in Niagara Falls, Canada on November 8-11.  Registration is now open: http://www.sci2017.com/venue/

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-meeting

The 2017 Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) Annual Summit will occur on August 29-31, 2017at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center (Washington, D.C.).  Registration is now open and their are 500 Scholarship oportunities for qualifying clinicians to attend.  To learn more about this scholarship program, visit here: http://summitpva.org/scholarships 

The 2017 Scientific Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) will occur on April 27-29 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Registration is now open: http://www2.asia-spinalinjury.org/meetings/2017/guide/reg/index.iphtml 

The National SCI Conference will happen in Niagara Falls, Canada on November 8-11.  Registration is now open: http://www.sci2017.com/venue/

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 for a box named survey. By clicking the box you will have an opportunity of providing your input into this important process. We encourage you to participate.

As well you can check out the Rant, Rave & Recommend page: http://sci-can.ca/canadian-access-inclusion-project/rant-rave-recommend. Here, you can share your thoughts about an accessible and inclusive Canada. What needs to be fixed? What’s working? And what are your solutions?

The feedback you give will be anonymously shared with the project researchers and compared to what is heard in the focus groups and interviews held across the country by many of the participating organizations. The information received will be analyzed to see what themes occur. All this information will be provided to Minister Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities who has been directed by Prime Minister Trudeau to recommend federal accessibility legislation. If you want to find out more about this process you can find it here; http://canada.ca/Accessible-Canada.

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Jan 16, 2017

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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 trial [trial description].

The Spinal Cord Injury Zone has compiled a list of videos on yoga for wheelchair users. The videos can be viewed here.

Jan 03, 2017

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Jan 03, 2017

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