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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 [...]
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 & 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 [...]
