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Standing and Walking Assessment Tool (SWAT)Information at practitioner fingertips for best practices in care

Improved patient outcomes are being delivered by the Standing and Walking Assessment Tool (SWAT), which helps health practitioners target therapies to help…
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Care, Outcomes Improve Through Best Practices Clinical Tool Praxis-funded online app guides clinical SCI care

When clinicians follow best practices, people with SCI retain more physical functionality, emotional wellbeing, and autonomy; this is critical because retaining function…
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Request For Proposal Epidemiological And Clinical Data Analyses Services For The Period January 2 to March 31, 2024

This request for proposal (RFP) is to contract for Epidemiological and Clinical Data Analyses services to be provided to the Praxis Spinal…
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Request For Proposal For Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Validate

This request for proposal (RFP) is to contract services to assist with development of a Knowledge Exchange Platform Mockup with a plan…
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Praxis SCI Ideation Challenge 2022 Winners Team Specifix Tackle Urinary Tract Health

Congratulations to Team Specifix - Jessica Jenkins, Siobhan Wilson, Jaspreet Randhawa and Alex Bakfrom the University of Toronto - who won the…
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Care, Outcomes Improve Through Best Practices Clinical Tool Praxis-funded online app guides clinical SCI care

Praxis BC interior BC outreach brings best practices for SCI care to remote and rural practitioners. Lived perspectives boost local SCI care.
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Smart Tech Seat Cushion Automates, Relieves and Reduces Pressure Injury Risk for Wheelchair Users

Praxis commercialization program alum, Kalogon has developed a pressure-relieving cushion that helps wheelchair users avoid pressure injuries and pain. Machine learning helps…
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Inaugural SCI Accelerate alum, Rehabtronics Develops Novel Neurostimulation Product to Treat and Prevent Pressure Injuries

Rehabtronics, a BC-based medical start-up and inaugural Praxis SCI Accelerate program alum, has developed a novel neurostimulation medical device to treat and…
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Indigenous SCI Grant Competition

Praxis Spinal Cord Institute and the University of Waterloo Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology are proud to launch the Indigenous SCI Grant…
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Praxis announces its latest grant recipients

Congratulations to the recipients of the ABT and network development grants! These projects are expected to provide meaningful contributions to the SCI…
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SCI IEQCC Network Moves Towards Evidence-Informed Equitable Care for Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury

A recent article published by the University Health Network discussed the expansion of the Spinal Cord Injury Implementation & Evaluation Quality Care…
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The award recipients of the first-ever Spinal Cord Rehab Innovation Challenge, held in partnership between Praxis Spinal Cord Institute and MaRS Discovery District

New Horizons: Innovative Technologies are Changing the Landscape of SCI Rehabilitation

Artificial intelligence (AI), wearable cameras and 3D sensors, and a mixed-reality video game. The award recipients of the first-ever Spinal Cord Rehab…
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