Latest ICORD Research Studies:
Evaluating pelvic floor muscles with light technology
Study Type: Completed / Not recruiting
The purpose of this study is to measure the strength of pelvic floor muscles with light technology and to assess how strengthening pelvic floor muscles with exercise impacts bladder issues. The study involves two in-clinic pelvic floor muscle assessments at Read More…
The extent to which caregivers enhance the wheelchair skills of powered wheelchair users
Study Type: Completed / Not recruiting
Project title: The extent to which caregivers enhance the wheelchair skills of powered wheelchair users: a descriptive cross-sectional study The aim of this study is to better understand how powered wheelchair users and caregivers interact to carry out wheelchair skills safely Read More…
The Energetics of Rowheels: A Comparative Study
Study Type: Completed / Not recruiting
Manual wheelchairs are often prescribed to increase the independent mobility of individuals who are unable to walk. Conventional wheelchairs are operated by forward propulsion. However, this hand-rim propulsion style has been shown by numerous studies to be mechanically ineffecient. Rowheels Read More…
Bowel care and cardiovascular function after SCI
Study Type: Completed / Not recruiting
We recently conducted a survey of bowel care practices and cardiovascular responses to bowel care in individuals with SCI, and learned that bowel care and blood pressure control were areas of frustration following injury. We now want to test the Read More…
Assessing the impact of PARC on people with MS
Study Type: Completed / Not recruiting
Researchers at ICORD want to understand the impact of the Physical Activity Research Centre (PARC) on the fatigue, pain, and quality of life in people living with multiple sclerosis (MS). We also want to identify the factors involved in coming Read More…
I-WHEEL (Wheelchair maintenance program)
Study Type: Completed / Not recruiting
Statistics show that manual wheelchairs are poorly maintained, and there is evidence that manual wheelchair users generally do not know how to keep their wheelchairs working as efficiently as possible. The primary goal of this study is to investigate whether Read More…
Physical Activity Research Centre: a pilot study on exercise and health (PARC)
Study Type: Currently recruiting
The Physical Activity Research Centre (PARC) is a community-based research facility that is is committed to providing opportunities for the local spinal cord injury (SCI) community to participate in research on exercise and physical activity. Our goal is to advance Read More…
Acquisition and retention of a skilled locomotor task in people with spinal cord injury
Study Type: Completed / Not recruiting
Drs. Tania Lam and Amanda Chisolm and their team are recruiting participants on the study of learning skilled locomotor tasks in people with spinal cord injury. The study will evaluate how much performance initially improves and is maintained with the Read More…
Increasing knowledge and physical activity participation levels in people with SCI
Study Type: Completed / Not recruiting
Dr. Tania Lam and her research team are currently recruiting SCI participants for a research study investigating the effects of knowledge translation on exercise self-efficacy and physical activity levels in people with SCI. This research study is proposing that by Read More…
Improving bladder and cardiovascular function following SCI
Study Type: Completed / Not recruiting
Dr. Andrei Krassioukov and his research team are currently recruiting SCI participants for a clinical research study investigating the effects of fesoterodine (TOVIAZ®) on episodes of high blood pressure triggered by bladder contractions. Unlike regular hypertension, individuals with episodes of Read More…
