April 2014
Welcome to SCI Focus brought to you by Independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU) in partnership with the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Spinal Cord Injury at the MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital (MedStar NRH) in Washington, DC.
In this issue, our focus is on secondary conditions in spinal cord injury. You will find links to quick surveys, factsheets, videos, survey results, and assorted other links to useful information on this topic.
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Quick Surveys
- February In-depth Survey on Wheelchair Needs and Obstacles
- March Mini Survey on primary health care needs for individuals with spinal cord injury
- April Survey on Healthcare Insurance
Factsheets
Videos
Other Resources
New Articles by RRTC Team
If you or your health care provider would like to read one or more of these articles and you don’t have access to the journals listed, please send a request to info@sci-health.org and we will help you obtain copies.
- Schladen M, Groah S (2014). State of the Science on Cardiometabolic Risk After Spinal Cord Injury: Recap of the 2013 ASIA Pre-Conference on Cardiometabolic Disease. Topics in SCI Rehabilitation 20(2): 105-112 DOI 10.1310/sci2002-105 NEW!
- Libin A, Tinsley EA, Nash MS, Mendez AJ, Burns P, Elrod M, Hamm LF, Groah S. (2013). Cardiometabolic risk clustering in spinal cord injury: results of exploratory factor analysis. Topics in SCI Rehabilitation 19(3):183-194
- Fouts DE, Pieper R, Szpakowski S, Pohl H, Knoblach S, Suh MJ, Huang ST, Ljungberg I, Sprague BM, Lucas SK, Torralba M, Nelson KE, Groah SL. (2012). Integrated next-generation sequencing of 16S rDNA and metaproteomics differentiate the healthy urine microbiome from asymptomatic bacteriuria in neuropathic bladder associated with spinal cord injury. Journal of Translational Medicine. Aug 28;10:174. DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-10-174
- Hosier H, Groah S, Libin A, Tinsley E, Burns P, Nash M. (2012). Cardiometabolic risk factors in pre- versus postmenopausal women with spinal cord injury. Topics in SCI Rehabilitation, 18(4):322-330.
- Groah SL, Charlifue S, Tate D, Jensen MP, Molton IR, Forchheimer M, Krause JS, Lammertse DP, Campbell M. (2012). Spinal cord injury and aging: Challenges and recommendations for future research. Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 1: p 80–93
- Groah SL, Lichy A, Libin A, Ljungberg I. (2012). Intensive electrical stimulation attenuates femoral bone loss in acute spinal cord injury. Physical Medicine Rehabilitation 12(2); 1080-1087. DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.08.003.
Past Issues of SCI Focus
- January 2012 Inaugural issue on Skin Care and Pressure Ulcer Prevention
- April 2012 issue on Aging with a Spinal Cord Injury
- July 2012 issue on Living a Healthy Life with a Spinal Cord Injury
- October 2012 issue on Recreation and Exercise
- January 2013 issue on Weight Management and Adaptive Exercise
- April 2013 issue on interim results from the research and training center
- July 2013 issue on Cardiovascular Health
- October 2013 issue on Exercise
- January 2014 issue on findings from the State of the Science (SoS) Conference
