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Can Large Language Models Answer Questions about Spinal Cord Injury? Risks, Challenges, and Opportunities—A Narrative Review

May 21, 2026
Researchers reviewed how large language models (LLMs), including AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, respond to spinal cord injury (SCI)-related health questions. The…
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Review and assessment of policies and practices for spinal cord injury-related health care supplies, services, and mobility equipment reveal wide inequities and inadequacies in Canada

May 18, 2026
The involvement of people with lived experience (PLEX) of spinal cord injury (SCI) is not common during medical innovation design, research and…
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Effects of Biological Sex on Access to Care and Outcomes After Acute Spinal Cord Injury

December 3, 2025
A new study using data from the Praxis-led Rick Hansen Spinal Cord Injury Registry (RHSCIR) found that men and women recover similarly…
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A Survey on What Matters Most: Canadian Study on Pressure Injuries

November 12, 2025
Understanding the experiences of persons affected by pressure injuries. A knowledge creation and consensus-building activity
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Engagement of People With Lived Experience in Spinal Cord Injury to Address Innovation Priorities

November 12, 2025
The involvement of people with lived experience (PLEX) of spinal cord injury (SCI) is not common during medical innovation design, research and…
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Identifying priorities and developing collaborative action plans to improve accessible housing practice, policy, and research in Canada

March 3, 2025
Transitioning back to community life is an important phase in a person’s care journey after a spinal cord injury (SCI). Having effective…
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Is the Level of Consent to a National Research Registry Associated With Patient Outcomes After Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury? A Population-Based Study From the Rick Hansen Spinal Cord Injury Registry

February 11, 2025
Transitioning back to community life is an important phase in a person’s care journey after a spinal cord injury (SCI). Having effective…
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Classifying clinical phenotypes of functional recovery for acute traumatic spinal cord injury. An observational cohort study

February 4, 2025
The ability to walk following a traumatic SCI is often asked about by patients and families following an injury. To help clinicians…
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A Scoping Review on the Influence of Housing on the Health and Well-Being of People with a Spinal Cord Injury/Dysfunction

January 29, 2025
Transitioning back to community life is an important phase in a person’s care journey after a spinal cord injury (SCI). Having effective…
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Nationwide Emergency Department Visits For Pediatric Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury In The United States, 2016–2020

December 11, 2024
Future research should further examine trends in the underlying etiologies of pediatric tSCI, while assessing the effectiveness of new and existing interventions…
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Pattern of Neurological Recovery In Persons With an Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Over The First 14 Days Post Injury

December 11, 2024
The objectives of this study were to: (1) describe the trajectory of motor recovery in persons with acute cervical SCI in the…
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Enabling knowledge translation: implementation of a web-based tool for independent walking prediction after traumatic spinal cord injury

December 9, 2024
The ability to walk following a traumatic SCI is often asked about by patients and families following an injury. To help clinicians…
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