Latest ICORD Research Studies:
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Advanced neurophysiological assessment of spinal cord sensory function: contact heat and dermatomal somatosensory evoked potentials (completed)
Please note this study is no longer recruiting participants ICORD and GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre of Vancouver Coastal Health are conducting a clinical study to improve the diagnosis and understanding of cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). The goal of this Read More…
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Virtual reality assisted upper limb rehabilitation for tetraplegia: feasibility assessment of Armeo® device (completed)
Please note this study is no longer recruiting participants ICORD and GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre are conducting a clinical study to examine the use of Armeo®, a non-invasive physical rehabilitation device which incorporates virtual reality training exercises and games, for Read More…
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Segway personal transporter (completed)
Please note this study is no longer recruiting participants Researchers at GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre and ICORD recently completed a study on the impact of a 30 day Segway program (30 minutes, 3 days/ week) on spasticity, pain and fatigue Read More…
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Lokomat Training (completed)
Please note this study is no longer recruiting participants The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate a new approach to treadmill training with the Lokomat. The data collected from this pilot study will be used to determine whether Read More…
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Improving hand function (completed)
Please note this study is no longer recruiting participants Researchers at ICORD are looking for people with tetraplegia to take part in a study comparing two types of treatments for hand function: • To test whether daily exercises combined with Read More…
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Manual wheeling (completed)
Please note this study is no longer recruiting participants The Human Locomotion Research Lab at the School of Human Kinetics (UBC) recently completed a manual wheelchair movement study. Background and purpose of research: This study focused on achieving better understanding Read More…
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Dermatomal somatosensory evoked potentials (completed)
Researchers at ICORD investigated 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 were required who met the following criteria: Between Read More…
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Manual Wheelchair Propulsion in Spinal Cord Injuries
Dr. Bonita Sawatzky of the Department of Orthopedics, University of British Columbia conducted 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 Read More…