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Andrea Townson

Clinical Professor, University of British Columbia
Verified email at vch.ca
Cited by 3467

A systematic review of pharmacologic treatments of pain after spinal cord injury

…, B Foulon, DL Wolfe, JTC Hsieh, AF Townson… - Archives of physical …, 2010 - Elsevier
Teasell RW, Mehta S, Aubut JL, Foulon B, Wolfe DL, Hsieh JTC, Townson AF, Short C, the
Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Evidence Research Team. A systematic review of …

The influence of time from injury to surgery on motor recovery and length of hospital stay in acute traumatic spinal cord injury: an observational Canadian cohort study

…, H Ahn, J Paquet, EC Tsai, A Townson… - Journal of …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
To determine the influence of time from injury to surgery on neurological recovery and length
of stay (LOS) in an observational cohort of individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI)…

Use of prolonged standing for individuals with spinal cord injuries

JJ Eng, SM Levins, AF Townson, D Mah-Jones… - Physical …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Background and Purpose. Prolonged standing in people with spinal cord injuries (SCIs) has
the potential to affect a number of health-related areas such as reflex activity, joint range of …

Spinal cord injury rehabilitation evidence: method of the SCIRE systematic review

…, W Miller, D Wolfe, A Townson… - Topics in spinal …, 2007 - meridian.allenpress.com
Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Evidence (SCIRE) is a synthesis of the research evidence
underlying rehabilitation interventions to improve the health of people living with SCI. SCIRE …

Cross-sectional survey on physician burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic in Vancouver, Canada: the role of gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation

…, A Salmon, H Leitch, S Ruzycki, A Townson… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To determine the prevalence of physician burnout during the pandemic and
differences by gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation. Design, setting and participants We …

[HTML][HTML] The Rick Hansen spinal cord injury registry (RHSCIR): a national patient-registry

…, L Soril, MG Fehlings, RJ Hurlbert, A Townson… - Spinal cord, 2012 - nature.com
Study design: Development of a prospective patient registry. Objective: To develop a patient
registry for persons with traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCI), which can be used to answer …

Measuring fatigue in persons with spinal cord injury

HA Anton, WC Miller, AF Townson - Archives of physical medicine and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Anton HA, Miller WC, Townson AF. Measuring fatigue in persons with spinal cord injury.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) in …

Minimizing errors in acute traumatic spinal cord injury trials by acknowledging the heterogeneity of spinal cord anatomy and injury severity: an observational Canadian …

…, CS Bailey, J Paquet, S Parent, A Townson… - Journal of …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Clinical trials of therapies for acute traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI) have failed to
convincingly demonstrate efficacy in improving neurologic function. Failing to acknowledge the …

Relationship between clinical assessments of function and measurements from an upper-limb robotic rehabilitation device in cervical spinal cord injury

…, U Albisser, R Willms, A Townson… - … on Neural Systems …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Upper limb robotic rehabilitation devices can collect quantitative data about the user's movements.
Identifying relationships between robotic sensor data and manual clinical assessment …

Effect of older age on treatment decisions and outcomes among patients with traumatic spinal cord injury

…, MG Fehlings, J Finkelstein, RJ Hurlbert, A Townson… - CMAJ, 2015 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Older people are at increased risk of traumatic spinal cord injury from falls. We
evaluated the impact of older age (≥ 70 yr) on treatment decisions and outcomes. Methods: …