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The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Federal Health Minister, was at the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre on Friday February 24th to announce new funding for research on cardiovascular health for people with SCI.
The team research project, led by ICORD Researcher Dr. Andrei Krassioukov, is entitled Improving cardiovascular health for Canadians living with spinal cord injury: Effects of [...]
Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death in people with spinal cord injury (SCI), who develop the chronic disease at younger ages and greater rates than the able-bodied population.
This is a surprising fact — both for people who suffer a spinal cord injury, as well as their health caregivers, but a prestigious research grant [...]
Measurement properties of wheelchair propulsion tests: minimal clinical important difference and smallest detectable difference
Research will take place in ICORD labs at the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre, for 2 testing session lasting a maximum of 3.5 hours each.
Researchers will measure how much energy and force it takes you to wheel at a comfortable speed on [...]
ICORD researchers will be joining with other eminent faculty from within Canada and the US to present Curing Spinal Cord Injury: The Need for Global Collaboration at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Vancouver. This meeting brings together approximately 8000 scientists from around the globe.
The symposium will take place on Monday, February 20, 2012: 9:45 AM-12:45 [...]
ICORD Researchers at the Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory at Simon Fraser University are looking for volunteers to take part in a research study to learn about how blood pressure and heart rate are affected by changes in wheelchair position.
We are looking for interested volunteers who have used a wheelchair for at least one year.
Your participation will [...]
