Publications

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Forecasting Financial Resources for Future Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Care Using Simulation Modeling

Ahn H, Lewis R, Santos A, Cheng CL, Noonan VK, Dvorak MF, Singh A, Linassi AG, Christie S, Goytan M, Atkins D.…
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Previously Identified Common Post-Injury Adverse Events in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury-Validation of Existing Literature and Relation to Selected Potentially Modifiable Comorbidities: A Prospective Canadian Cohort Study

Marion TE, Rivers CS, Kurban D, Cheng CL, Fallah N, Batke J, Dvorak MF, Fisher CG, Kwon BK, Noonan VK, Street JT.…
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Praxis 2016 Conference Report

The Praxis 2016 conference was hosted by the Praxis Spinal Cord Institute (previously known as the Rick Hansen Institute) in Vancouver, British…
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Predicting Recruitment Feasibility for Acute Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trials in Canada Using National Registry Data

Thibault-Halman G, Rivers CS, Bailey CS, Tsai EC, Drew B, Noonan VK, Fehlings MG, Dvorak MF, Kurban D, Kwon BK, Christie SD.…
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The Economic Burden of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in Canada

Krueger H, Noonan VK, Trenaman LM, Joshi P, Rivers CS. Chronic Diseases and Injuries Canada. 33(3), June 2013.
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Meeting the Privacy Requirements for the Development of a Multi-Centre Patient Registry in Canada: The Rick Hansen Spinal Cord Injury Registry

Noonan VK, Thorogood NP, Joshi PB, Fehlings MG, Craven BC, Linassi G, Fourney DR, Kwon BK, Bailey CS, Tsai EC, Drew BM,…
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The Validity of Administrative Data To Classify Patients with Spinal Column and Cord Injuries

Noonan VK, Thorogood NP, Fingas M, Batke J, Bélanger L, Kwon BK, Dvorak MF. J Neurotrauma. 30:173–180, February 1, 2013. doi: 10.1089/neu.2012.2441
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The Rick Hansen Spinal Cord Injury Registry (RHSCIR): a national patient-registry

Noonan VK, Kwon BK, Soril L, Fehlings MG, Hurlbert RJ, Townson A, Johnson M, Dvorak MF, RHSCIR Network. Spinal Cord. Jan 2012;…
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