Study design: Literature review. Background: Increased fat mass and coronary heart disease
(CHD) are secondary complications of chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). In able-bodied …

Individuals with spinal cord injuries or disorders (SCI/D) require multidisciplinary care
management to achieve optimal health outcomes. Because SCI/D is relatively rare in the …

Background Spinal cord injury (SCI) can leave the affected individuals with paraparesis or
paraplegia, thus rendering them unable to ambulate. Since there are currently no restorative …

Objective: To compare secondary conditions in people with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI)
and non-traumatic spinal cord dysfunction (SCDys). Design: Survey; completed August 2012 …

Objective. Spinal cord injury (SCI) often leaves affected individuals unable to ambulate.
Electroencephalogram (EEG) based brain–computer interface (BCI) controlled lower …

Methods: Ninety-one persons with chronic SCI were studied for subclinical atherosclerosis.
Cardiac risk factors and coronary artery calcium (CAC) was compared to matched non-SCI …

Abstract Purpose of Review Spinal cord injury (SCI) creates unique needs that if not
recognized and addressed timely can have detrimental effects on the health and quality of …

PURPOSE: Autonomic dysreflexia is a common and potentially dangerous hypertensive
response to stimulation below the level of injury that occurs in patients with spinal cord injury …

The care of veterans and active duty service members with spinal cord injury (SCI) in the
Veterans Health Administration (VHA) takes place in a unique system, which encompasses …

In this review article, we present more than a decade of our work on the development of
brain–computer interface (BCI) systems for the restoration of walking following neurological …