Latest ICORD Research Studies:
Manual wheeling (completed)
Study Type: Completed / Not recruiting
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…
Dermatomal somatosensory evoked potentials (completed)
Study Type: Completed / Not recruiting
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…
Manual Wheelchair Propulsion in Spinal Cord Injuries
Study Type: Completed / Not recruiting
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…
