Current Projects
Rick Hansen Spinal Cord Injury Registry
01/19 - 01/23
A pan-Canadian prospective observational registry of individuals sustaining a traumatic spinal cord injury.
Pan-Canadian Self-Management
01/19 - 01/23
Developing a comprehensive online program that enables self-management in persons with spinal cord injury.
Online Bladder Self-Management
01/19 - 01/23
Developing and validating an online theory-based self-management intervention.
Spinal Cord Injury Knowledge Mobilization Network
01/19 - 01/23
A community of practice to adopt and utilize the best available practices in spinal cord injury care.
E-Stim
01/19 - 01/23
Investigating how to best provide electric stimulation therapy for persons with spinal cord injury.
Planning & Pacing
01/19 - 01/23
The Parkwood Planning & Pacing Points App is an interactive electronic version of the planning and pacing points system currently being implemented in the ABI Outpatient program at Parkwood Institute.
Parkwood Program for Rehabilitation Innovation in Movement Enhancement
01/19 - 01/23
The PRIME project is comprised of researchers, physiotherapists and hospital management, who are all working together to develop and implement a clinical decision support system that integrates approaches to activity-based therapy to optimize therapeutic intensity and improve mobility outcomes in persons with spinal cord and brain injury.
Past Projects
Online Physical Activity & Nutrition
01/19 - 01/23
OPAN is a real time seated aerobics class for persons with quadriplegia or paraplegia that ran for 9 weeks.
Internet Pressure Ulcer Clinic
01/19 - 01/23
A multi-site pilot investigation to assess the feasibility of integrating several information technologies, each deployed over the Internet, within the practices associated with clinical management and prevention of pressure ulcers in persons with SCI.
POMSCI
01/19 - 01/23
An implementation project to develop/implement the roster of physiotherapy-related outcome measures most relevant to Parkwood Institute’s spinal cord injury patient population.
Functional Electrical Stimulation
01/19 - 01/23
This study examined the effects of a 12 week FES training program on cardiovascular function, inflammation and cardiovascular health.