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Hon. Leona Aglukkaq announces funding for cardiovascular health study
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 health and spinal cord injury: the surprising truth
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 [...]
New study: How much energy does it take to wheel?
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 presents a symposium at AAAS
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 [...]
Current study: Cardiovascular effects of wheelchair seating height
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 [...]
ICORD Annual Research Meeting for 2012
ICORD’s Annual Research Meeting for 2012 will take place at the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre on February 21st and 22nd. All ICORD PIs, Investigators, Associate Members, staff and trainees are encouraged to participate. Registration and abstract deadline is February 8th.
Contact admin@icord.org to request a registration form.
Café Scientifique will be webcast
In response to requests from around the globe, ICORD’s first Café Scientifique event, Spinal cord injury research: it’s not rocket science, it’s harder, will be webcast (for both live-streaming and later viewing). Click here to join in or view the webcast.
We are excited to announce that the event is now booked to capacity. In order to [...]
Students win at prestigious meeting
Congratulations to ICORD students Leanne Ramer and Greg Duncan, who both won Paralyzed Veterans of America Poster Awards at the 14th International Symposium on Neural Regeneration in Pacific Grove, California last week. Ms. Ramer is finishing her PhD with Drs. Andrei Krassioukov and John Steeves, and Mr. Duncan is a PhD student with Dr. Wolfram [...]
Current study: Assessment of trunk muscle function in persons with spinal cord injury
Researchers at ICORD are looking for people with paraplegia (with lesion level above T6) or tetraplegia to take part in a study that aims to understand more about abdominal muscle function in persons with spinal cord injury and how these muscles may be used during activities of daily living.
We will assess and classify the level [...]
ICORD Researcher receives funding from MS Society
Congratulations to ICORD Principal Investigator Dr. Wayne Moore, who is a co-applicant on a recently-announced $3.8 million grant from the MS Society of Canada. Dr. Moore, who is a Clinical Professor in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UBC, researches MRI correlation in multiple sclerosis and neuropathology of spinal cord injury.
