Our featured video and brief video clips share information about managing pain after sustaining a spinal cord injury. In this video, SCI Model Systems Researchers share how they helped two individuals with SCI diagnose and manage their shoulder pain, which resulted from wheelchair use.
This is a podcast-brief from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center.
Patient: You want me to transfer on my own?
PT: Yes, you’re ready. We have practiced together what to do.
It’s important for most anyone who uses a wheelchair after spinal cord injury to learn proper transfer techniques. It helps you minimize ...
This infographic teaches how to transfer in and out of a power wheelchair safely in three simple steps. Learning how to transfer correctly can protect the user's arms and shoulders.
For more information about how to transfer safely, see MSKTC’s factsheet on Safe Transfer Technique.
This infographic teaches how to transfer in and out of a manual wheelchair safely in three simple steps. Learning how to transfer correctly can protect the user's arms and shoulders.
For more information about how to transfer safely, see MSKTC’s factsheet on Safe Transfer Technique.
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Managing Pain After Spinal Cord Injury. Barbara Lutz, R.N, research assistant, discusses Coming to Terms with SCI.
For the newly injured patient there is a lot of change of changes ahead. They will ...
This is a podcast-brief from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center.
Most people experience some type of pain after spinal cord injury. For many people, the pain is caused by nerve damage or some other medical problem. For others, the pain is in the muscles, joints, or bones. No matter what ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Managing Pain After Spinal Cord Injury. In this video, SCI Model Systems Researchers share how they helped two individuals with SCI diagnose and manage their shoulder pain, which resulted from wheelchair use.
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This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Managing Pain After Spinal Cord Injury. This video discusses Shoulder Exercises for People with Spinal Cord Injury.
Up to seventy-eight percent of spinal cord injury patients using hand-propelled wheelchairs experience should pain.
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This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Managing Pain After Spinal Cord Injury. Barbara Lutz, R.N., research assistant, discusses Does Exercise Prevent or Reduce Pain in SCI Patients.
The study that we’re using the exercises in that is for persons ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Managing Pain After Spinal Cord Injury. Robert Irwin, M.D., Associate Professor, discusses Predicting Pain to Head it Off.
We do have some data that tendons of people with spinal cord injuries tend to ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Managing Pain After Spinal Cord Injury. Robert Irwin, M.D., Associate Professor, discusses Finding the Right Doctor.
If you have any family members with a spinal cord injury or if you yourself are dealing ...