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Secondary Complications in SCI Across the Continuum: Using Operations Research to Predict the Impact and Optimize Management Strategies

October 18, 2019
Atkins D, Noonan VK, Santos A, Lewis R, Fehlings MG, Burns AS, Dvorak MF. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation. 2012;18(1):57–66, Winter…
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Incidence, Risk Factors and Impact of Delirium in Patients with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

October 18, 2019
Cheung A, Thorogood NP, Noonan VK, Zhong G, Fisher CG, Dvorak MF, Street JT. J Neurotrauma. 2013 Nov 1;30(21):1824-9. doi: 10.1089/neu.2013.2975.
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Incidence of acute care adverse events and long-term health-related quality of life in patients with TSCI

October 18, 2019
Street JT, Noonan VK, Cheung A, Fisher CG, Dvorak MF. Spine J. 2013 Aug 24. pii: S1529-9430(13)00737-7. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.06.051.
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Evaluation of a Clinical Protocol to Assess and Diagnose Neuropathic Pain During Acute Hospital Admission: Results from Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

October 18, 2019
Bélanger LMA, Umedaly HS, Noonan VK, Park SE, Prince J, Thorogood NP, Shen T, Townson AF, Street JT, Dvorak MF, Negraeff M.…
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Incidence and Prevalence of Spinal Cord Injury in Canada: A National Perspective

October 18, 2019
Noonan VK, Fingas M, Farry A, Baxter D, Singh A, Fehlings MG, Dvorak MF. Neuroepidemiology. 2012;38:219–226, April 27, 2012. doi: 10.1159/000336014
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Health Economics: Agenda for SCI Research in Canada

October 18, 2019
This report presents a detailed agenda for establishing evidence of the burden of SCI and the costs and consequences of initiatives aimed…
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A simplified clinical prediction rule for prognosticating independent walking after spinal cord injury: a prospective study from a Canadian multicenter spinal cord injury registry

October 18, 2019
Hicks KE, Zhao Y, Fallah N, Rivers C, Noonan V, Plashkes T, Wai EK, Roffey DM, Tsai E, Paquet J, Attabib N,…
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Using Evidence To Inform Practice and Policy To Enhance the Quality of Care for Persons with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

October 18, 2019
Fehlings MG, Cheng CL, Chan E, Thorogood NP, Noonan VK, Ahn H, Bailey CS, Singh A, Dvorak MF. J Neurotrauma. 2017 Aug…
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Evaluation of a Clinical Protocol to Assess and Diagnose Neuropathic Pain During Acute Hospital Admission: Results from Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

October 18, 2019
Bélanger LMA, Umedaly HS, Noonan VK, Park SE, Prince J, Thorogood NP, Shen T, Townson AF, Street JT, Dvorak MF, Negraeff M.…
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Quality of life and adaptation in people with spinal cord injury: Response shift effects from one to five years’ post-injury

August 1, 2018
Schwartz CE, Stucky B, Rivers CS, Noonan VK, Finkelstein JA; RHSCIR Network. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2018 Aug;99(8):1599-1608.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2018.01.028.
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Facilitators and Barriers to International Collaboration in Spinal Cord Injury: Results from a Survey of Clinicians and Researchers

October 27, 2017
Noonan VK, Chan E, Bassett-Spiers K, Berlowitz DJ, Biering-Sørensen F, Charlifue S, Graco M, Hayes KC, Horsewell J, Joshi P, Markelis D,…
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The Economic Burden of Urinary Tract Infection and Pressure Ulceration in Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Admissions: Evidence for Comparative Economics and Decision Analytics from a Matched Case-Control Study

September 18, 2017
White BAB, Dea N, Street JT, Cheng CL, Rivers CS, Attabib N, Kwon BK, Fisher CG, Dvorak MF. J Neurotrauma. 2017 Sep…
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