What is the study about?
The goal of this study was to investigate the rates of wheelchair repairs and resulting negative consequences in a population of Veteran full-time wheelchair users with spinal cord injury (SCI). Access to wheelchairs can help individuals with impaired mobility to more easily participate in personal, professional, ...
What is the study about?
The goal of this study was to investigate the rates of wheelchair repairs and resulting negative consequences in a population of Veteran full-time wheelchair users with spinal cord injury (SCI). Access to wheelchairs can help individuals with impaired mobility to more easily participate in personal, professional, ...
Purpose: Investigate the type and frequency of wheelchair repairs and resulting adverse consequences in a Veteran population.
Design: Convenience cross-sectional sample survey.
Setting: Data were collected at the 2017 National Veterans Wheelchair Games.
Participants: Veterans who use a wheelchair ≥ 40 h/wk (n = 60).
Intervention: Not applicable.
Main outcome measures: Repairs and associated adverse ...
What is the study about?
This study’s aim was to assess the effectiveness of group wheelchair maintenance training.
What did the study find?
This study found that after the training program, participants saw an improvements in their ability to complete maintenance (capacity) and how often they did maintenance (performance) for both manual (MWC) ...
The wheelchair is a complex piece of equipment that has been extensively engineered and studied. Most individuals with SCI become wheelchair experts because doing so increases their chances of getting a wheelchair that truly meets their needs. So, it is critical to get help.
While it is not possible to teach ...
Your wheelchair is an important part of your life, so you want to make sure you end up with the right wheelchair that fits your body, preferences, activities and lifestyle.
Wheelchair seating technology is a complex and rapidly changing industry, with new types of wheelchairs and components coming on the market ...
Introduction
The wheelchair is a complex piece of equipment that has been extensively engineered and studied. Most individuals with SCI become wheelchair experts because doing so increases their chances of getting a wheelchair that truly meets their needs. However, there are numerous options when considering a manual wheelchair, so it is ...
Introduction
The wheelchair is a complex piece of equipment that has been extensively engineered and studied. Most individuals with SCI become wheelchair experts because doing so increases their chances of getting a wheelchair that truly meets their needs. However, power wheelchairs are technologically advanced and have many components, so it is ...
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 ...
If you have an SCI, adaptive sports and recreation may be key to your lifelong wellness. These activities may also help you to engage with your community.
The purpose of the study is to develop and test an online health promotion program for people aging with SCI. Working closely with a community advisory board of people with SCI, two senior advisory with lived experience, and a medical advisory board, we will develop an 8-week group program, Living ...
Keys to Successful Aging
People with spinal cord injuries (SCIs) are living longer. As a result, they may need to find ways to promote and maintain their health throughout their lives. For people with an SCI, successful aging involves taking care of physical, emotional, and social health; maintaining as much independence ...
What is the study about?
This experiment was conducted to test whether nicotine taken by mouth in the form of gum reduces or worsens pain felt after spinal cord injury (SCI). Pain was classified as musculoskeletal (MS), pure neuropathic (NP) or complex neuropathic (cNP). MS symptoms include pain described as “aching” ...
What is the study about?
The main purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between depression and severity of pain among patients with a recent spinal cord injury or disease. The study also examined patient characteristics, neurological function and etiology (traumatic vs. non-traumatic).
What did the study find?
Demographic and neurological ...
What is the study about?
This study examined the effectiveness of the medication Venlafaxine in treating pain in people with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). The medication, Venlafaxine XR, is a treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD). In addition to measuring its effectiveness for treating depression, the researchers were interested in measuring ...
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 part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Managing Pain After Spinal Cord Injury. Elizabeth Felix, PhD, discusses Asking About Pain.
It wasn’t really acknowledged that people with Spinal Cord Injury could have pain in areas where their nervous system wasn’t ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Managing Pain After Spinal Cord Injury. Elizabeth Felix, PhD, discusses The Impact of Pain.
When you’re evaluating a painful condition or chronic pain condition in a person you don’t want to just look ...
This is a part of the Hot Topic podcast series from the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center on Managing Pain After Spinal Cord Injury. Elizabeth Felix, PhD, discusses Assessing Pain in People with Spinal Cord Injury.
An individual with spinal cord injury could have lots of different kinds of pain. Because ...