Spinal Cord Injury Update
Summer 2008: Volume 17, Number 3
- Working to Walk (W2W) 2008: A Day with SCI Cure Scientists
By Kate Willette
The author, whose husband has a C-6 spinal cord injury, attended the W2W 2008 conference in Washington, D.C. and reports on what she learned.
- Choosing a Wheelchair: Thoughts from a physical therapist after attending the 2008 International Seating Symposium
By Debra Glazer, PT, MPH
Power or manual wheelchair--which should you get? It all depends, so it's important to investigate your individual needs and preferences before purchasing.
- Weight Management after Spinal Cord Injury
By Suparna Rajan, PhD, Catherine Warms, PhD, ARNP, and Barry Goldstein, MD, PhD
- Thank you to our SCI Forum sponsors
A list of the vendors and organization that helped make our SCI Forums possible this past year.
- SCI Forums
- Autonomic Dysreflexia by Janna Friedly, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington (October 9, 2007).
- Navigating the System: Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), by Peter McKee, Attorney, Douglas, Drachler & McKee, LLP ( November 13, 2007).
- Reports and videos of past SCI Forum presentations:
- Literature Review: 12 abstracts of medical journal articles on SCI topics.
- Download a printer-friendly version of this newsletter ( 537 KB PDF).