Lynda Bennett Have you ever tried to push yourself in a manual wheelchair? Did you know that the energy required to propel the chair forward (mechanical efficiency) is less than ten percent effective? How would you design a wheelchair that Read More…
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Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord enables voluntary muscle movements in people with chronic spinal cord injury.
| 3 commentsDamian Feldman-Kiss Original Article: C. A. Angeli, V. R. Edgerton, Y. P. Gerasimenko and S. J. Harkema (2014). Altering spinal cord excitability enables voluntary movements after chronic complete paralysis in humans. Brain, 137(5), 1394-1409. Find the original article here. Summary: Complete paralysis is the Read More…
Dietary restriction started after spinal cord injury improves functional recovery
| 0 commentsRuth Lin Original article: Plunet, W. T., Streijger, F., Lam, C. K., Lee, J. H., Liu, J., & Tetzlaff, W. (2008). Dietary restriction started after spinal cord injury improves functional recovery. Experimental neurology, 213(1), 28-35. Find the original article here. Summary: In Read More…
Congratulations to Darryl Wan for winning the CAPMR Medical Student Essay Contest!
| 1 commentCongratulations to Darryl Wan, a student in Dr. Andrei Krassioukov’s lab, who is a winner of this year’s Medical Student Essay Contest held by the Canadian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. His award-winning essay is titled “Life threatening complication of Read More…
Congratulations to Mustafa for winning a Gert Vorsteher Memorial Award!
| 0 commentsCongratulations to ICORD volunteer and friend Mustafa for being a recipient of this year’s B.C. Rehab Gert Vorsteher Memorial Award. This annual award is given to eight individuals with disabilities who have shown incredible strength and determination in regaining their independence Read More…
Vote to support bladder health grant
| 2 commentsDid you know that many people who have spinal cord disorders, including spinal cord injury and spina bifida, have urinary bladder complications? Those people use catheters to empty their bladders, yet bladder health is a seriously neglected issue. Individuals from developing Read More…
