Orthopaedics

Community Integration and Quality of Life Following Spinal Cord Injury Community re-integration after hospitalization has emerged as an important goal of rehabilitation, given the current emphasis on cost containment of inpatient care and the need to decrease the length of stay in... Faculty Gale G. Whiteneck, PhD, FACRM

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Importance of Exercise and Nutrition Following SCI Exercise and nutrition play a key role in helping persons with spinal cord injury reduce the incidence of secondary complications and to improve activity level, which can impact the person’s overall QoL and... Faculty David R. Gater Jr, MD, PhD

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Prevention and Treatment of Secondary Complications after SCI Despite improvements in SCI medical management, rehospitalization rates remain high. It has been estimated that 32% of medical costs in the first 2 years after injury was directly attributed to secondary medical... Faculty Sara Salles, DO

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Developing a Peer-mentor Support System Isolation is one of the most significant barriers to community integration and QoL for individuals with neurological disorders living in rural communities.  Peer-mentoring allows individuals with similar... Faculty Inger Ljungberg, BS

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Clinician Innovation The purpose of both these talks was to inform and inspire others to include in their work the idea that they might innovate in ways that have value to the marketplace. Faculty Thomas J. Fogarty, MD Lee T. Todd, PhD

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Culture and Health As the United States becomes a more racially and ethnically diverse nation, health care systems and providers need to respond to patients’ varied perspectives, values, and behaviors about health and... Faculty Roberto Dansie, PhD

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Pandemic Influenza 2009-2010 2009 H1N1 (referred to as “swine flu” early on) is a new influenza virus causing illness in people. This new virus was first detected in people in the United States in April 2009. This virus is... Faculty Christopher T. Nelson, MD

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