Lay Summary by Nicholas Jo Edited by Rona Herzog and Crystal Han This is a summary of research conducted by ICORD researchers Kendra Todd, Sarah Lawrason, Robert Shaw, Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis, and their colleague Dr. Derrick Wirtz. Click here Read More…
Blog Archives: pain
The Neuroscience of Pain
| 2 commentsJessica Archibald I am in the first year of my PhD program in Experimental Medicine at the University of British Columbia (UBC). My supervisor, Dr. John Kramer, is a principal investigator with ICORD (International Collaboration On Repair Discoveries), a spinal Read More…
How is neuropathic pain studied?
| 3 commentsWhat is neuropathic pain? Pain typically occurs when damage to the body creates a signal that is relayed to the brain by the nervous system. Neuropathic pain, on the other hand, is pain resulting from damage directly to the nervous system. Continue reading
Muscle changes after chronic spinal cord injury
| 0 commentsBy Ines Lacarne This is a summary of a paper published by researchers at the Toronto Rehab Institute. Original article: Moore C.D., et al (2015). Lower-extremity muscle atrophy and fat infiltration after chronic spinal cord injury. Journal of Musculoskeletal and Read More…