By admin on April 20, 2012
The ICORD Trainee Research Symposium, now in its second year, will take place at the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre on Thursday, May 10th. This Symposium is a one-day trainee-run initiative designed to give trainees a chance to present their research and hear from two plenary speakers studying different aspects of SCI research.
This year’s invited speakers, [...]
Posted in Announcements, Front Page News, Meetings, News | Tagged events, research, shrieber, symposium, tansey, trainee
By admin on February 23, 2011
POWER WHEELCHAIR MOBILITY STUDY
This project aims to find out how older adults adapt to their power wheelchairs over a two-year period and how these devices affect important aspects of their lives.
You can participate in this study if you:
use or are in the process of obtaining a power wheelchair;
are 50 years old or older;
live in the [...]
Posted in Announcements, Research Studies | Tagged mobility, older adults, participate, power, research, wheelchair
By admin on January 10, 2011
This year’s Annual Research Meeting will take place on Monday February 21 and Tuesday February 22, and is open to all ICORD researchers, staff and trainees. Please contact ICORD Administration to request a registration form.
Posted in Announcements, News | Tagged 2011, annual, meeting, research
By admin on October 23, 2009
Drs. Wolfram Tetzlaff and Femke Streiger’s study on the effects of high-fat, low-carb (or ketogenic) diet on recovery after SCI was featured in Science Daily and PhysOrg.com. Dr. Tetzlaff presented the research project at a press conference at this year’s Society for Neuroscience meeting in Chicago.
Posted in News | Tagged ketogenic, Neuroscience, recovery, research, Streijger, Tetzlaff
By admin on August 4, 2009
Researchers (J. Steeves, PhD and A Curt, MD) at ICORD are investigating new neurophysiological techniques that could potentially provide more information about damage to the spinal cord following injury.
To interpret changes due to spinal cord injury (SCI), control subjects are required who meet the following criteria:
Between the age of 18-60
Have no history of SCI or [...]
Posted in Research Studies | Tagged control, research, study, subjects needed
By admin on August 4, 2009
Dr. Bonita Sawatzky of the Department of Orthopedics, University of British Columbia is conducting a research study to measure the forces put on the wheel when wheeling, to describe the wheeling strategies of adults, and measure how these forces change over various surfaces such as carpet, tile, and inclines/ramps.
You are being invited to participate if [...]
Posted in Research Studies | Tagged participate, research, study, subjects needed, wheelchair