The Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals (ASCIP) is the only interdisciplinary membership association for health and research professionals that has a focus on spinal cord injury and disease and research.
Study assessed the efficacy of a web-based transfer training module on the performance of independent wheelchair transfers immediately after training and after a 1- to 2-day delay and identified subject characteristics that predict improvements in transfer ability after training. Seventy-one manual and power wheelchair users who could transfer independently ...
Study compared baseline characteristics and neurological and functional outcomes for patients with penetrating spinal cord injury (PSCI) and blunt spinal cord injury (BSCI). Data for 5,316 participants with BSCI and 1,062 with PSCI were extracted from the Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems database from January 1994 to January 2015. ...
Study examined the data dictionaries of six burn databases in the United States to ascertain the extent of common data collected. This was assessed from a quantitative and qualitative perspective. Thirty-two demographic and clinical data elements were examined. The number of databases that collect each data element was calculated. ...
Shriners Hospitals for Children® — Galveston, a 30-bed pediatric burn hospital, research and teaching center, conducts research to discover new knowledge that improves the quality of care and quality of life of children and families.
The Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors is the leading national nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering anyone affected by a burn injury through peer support, education, and advocacy.
The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is the leading source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues.
Disability.gov is the federal government website for comprehensive information on disability programs and services nationwide.You can find thousands of resources on topics, such as applying for Social Security disability benefits, finding a job and paying for accessible housing, to name just a few.
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The Children’s Burn Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing support services for child burn survivors, ages 0-18 and their families, as well as burn prevention and fire safety education to thousands of children and caregivers in Southern California, nationally, and internationally.
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The mission of the Burn Advocates Network is to support burn survivors – whether they are children, young men and women who are wounded in combat, or the elderly – as they face the challenges of recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration.