Purpose: To examine the perspectives of persons living with traumatic spinal cord injuries (tSCI)
on their access to health and support services. The specific aims were to identify the …

Background: Individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) are at high risk of experiencing
secondary conditions like pressure injuries. Self-management programs may reduce the risk of …

Objective: To conduct a scoping review to identify what components of self-management
are embedded in self-management interventions for spinal cord injury (SCI). Methods: In …

Background: Rehospitalization rates resulting from secondary conditions in persons with
spinal cord injuries (SCI) are high. Self-management programs for many chronic conditions …

Context Community participation following spinal cord injury/disease (SCI/D) can be
challenging due to associated primary impairments and secondary health conditions as well as …

Background: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive motor neuron disease
resulting in muscle weakness, dysarthria and dysphagia, and ultimately respiratory failure …

Objective To analyze relations among injury, demographic, and environmental factors on
function, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and life satisfaction in individuals with traumatic …

Background Ambulatory individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI) experience
frequent falls suggesting impairments in their balance control. Individuals with iSCI are more …

As the incidence of traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI) in the elderly rises, clinicians are
increasingly faced with difficult discussions regarding aggressiveness of management, likelihood …

Background There is conflicting evidence whether limb amputation (LA) disproportionately
affects indigenous populations. To better understand this disparity, we compared the LA …