Rocky Mountain Regional Spinal Injury System

Craig Hospital in Englewood, Colorado is world renowned as a premier center for specialty rehabilitation and research for people with spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury.

Craig Hospital is a 93-bed, private, not-for-profit, free-standing long term acute care and rehabilitation hospital that provides a comprehensive system of inpatient and outpatient medical care, rehabilitation, neurosurgical rehabilitative care, and long-term follow up services. Craig Hospital is designated by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation and Research (NIDILRR) as a Model System Center for spinal cord injury.

Research Projects

As Lead Center

Title	Type	Start Date	End Date
Utilization of Complementary and Integrative Healthcare to Treat Pain in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury	Modular (Joint)	10/01/2016	09/30/2021
Simvastatin to Improve Bone Health in SCI: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial	Independent	10/01/2016	09/30/2021
Reinventing Yourself After SCI: A Site-Specific Randomized Clinical Trial	Independent	10/01/2011	09/30/2016
Long-term follow-up of patients with ventilatory dependent high tetraplegia managed with diaphragmatic pacing systems	Modular (Joint)	10/01/2011	09/30/2016
Extending the SCIRehab Project – Five Year Follow-up	Modular (Joint)	10/01/2011	09/30/2016
A Comparison of High vs. Low Tidal Volumes in Ventilator Weaning for Individuals with Sub-Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries	Independent	10/01/2006	09/30/2011
Improving Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Outcomes	Collaborative	10/01/2006	09/30/2011
Identifying the Best Measure of Participation	Modular (Joint)	10/01/2006	09/30/2011
Utilization of Complementary and Integrative Healthcare (CIH) to Treat Pain in Persons with SCI	Modular (Joint)

As Participating Center

Using a Health Technology Assessment Framework for Evaluating the Utilization and Efficiency of Wearable Exoskeletons for SCI Rehabilitation, is persons with SCI at the C7 to S1 level, designated AIS A to D.	Collaborative	10/01/2016	09/30/2021
Residential Instability in Chronic SCI: An Investigation of Patterns and Consequences		10/01/2016	09/30/2021
SCIMS Data Set: Preparing for Future Changes	Modular (Joint)	10/01/2012	09/30/2016
Enhancement and Evaluation of the SCI-FI Instrument (SCI Functional Index Computer Adaptive Testing)	Modular (Joint)	10/01/2011	09/30/2016
The Effect of Spinal Cord Injury on Labor Force Participation	Modular (Joint)	10/01/2006	09/30/2011