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Current study: control of the heart and blood vessels in individuals with SCI

Current study: control of the heart and blood vessels in individuals with SCI

ICORD & SFU researcher Dr. Victoria Claydon is seeking volunteers to take part in a research study looking at control of the heart and blood vessels in individuals who have sustained a spinal cord injury.
After spinal cord injury (SCI) nerves that are important in controlling blood pressure, heart rate and blood flow to the brain [...]

Current Study: Manual Wheeling

Current Study: Manual Wheeling

The Human Locomotion Research Lab at the School of Human Kinetics (UBC) is looking for healthy manual wheelchair users and healthy non-wheelchair users to participate in a manual wheelchair movement study.
Background and purpose of research:
We are interested in better understanding the neural control of wheeling; in particular, how the nervous system adapts to experience using [...]