Daily Archives: October 3, 2003
New Driving Technology for People with SCI
The UW Department of Rehabilitation Medicine recently acquired a new full-size van for its Driving Rehabilitation Program that is equipped with adaptive technology advanced...
New Findings in Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Treatment
Pressure ulcers are a common, debilitating, and costly complication of SCI, often requiring long periods of immobility, hospitalization, and/or surgery. Patients with SCI are...
Prevention of Urinary Tract Infection in Persons with SCI
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) is the most frequent medical complication during initial medical Rehabilitation after SCI, and continues to be a common cause of...
Spasticity Evaluation System
The Spasticity Evaluation System is based on an electromechanical method of eliciting and measuring spasticity at the ankle. The system has been used to...
The Neurogenic Bowel After SCI
The digestive tract is essentially a long tube that begins at the lips and ends at the anus. After food is swallowed, it moves...
Post-Traumatic Syringomyelia
The Norman and Sadie Lee Research Centre, Division of Neurobiology, National Institute for Medical Research, Medical Research Council, London NW7 1AA, United Kingdom
Precisely localized...
Upper Limb Recovery in Tetraplegia
Recovery of some upper limb function is common following a Cervical spinal cord injury. Patients with initial C4-level Tetraplegia often regain C5 muscle function,...
Pain and Spinal Cord Injury: Causes and Treatments
Chronic pain is a frequent problem in the majority of the SCI population and can occur not only above the level of injury but...
Ventilatory Care in Patients with SCI
The breathing muscles are supplied by nerves that emerge from the spinal cord in various locations, from the Cervical through the Lumbar levels. "Even...
Chronic Pain after Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal cord injury (SCI) typically results in sensory paralysis, or a loss of feeling in areas using nerves that connect to the spinal cord...
