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Implications of Polypharmacy to Clinical Practice for Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Population-Based Approach in British Columbia, Canada

Traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) is a life-changing event that can leave patients with permanent motor, sensory, and autonomic dysfunction. TSCIs affect patients,…
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Promoting Disability Inclusion in Politics: The Importance of Including Voices with Lived Experience

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Jeremy Abitbol on Praxis And The Work That Needs to Keep Moving Forward

Jeremy's path to Praxis was not a conventional one. He did not come from a clinical or research background, but from finance.…
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Building Trust and Culturally Safe Care for Indigenous Communities

Building trust is essential to improving health outcomes for Indigenous Peoples living with spinal cord injury. Through partnerships with Indigenous leaders, researchers,…
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Request for Proposal SCI Adopt: Rapid Clinical Implementation of Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation (TSS) at Canadian clinics providing rehabilitation services

Praxis Spinal Cord Institute is seeking proposals to support the rapid clinical implementation of transcutaneous spinal stimulation (TSS) in Canada. This funding…
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Request for Proposal TSS Clinical Advisor: Services to Deliver Training Materials & Education for Clinical Implementation of Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation (TSS)

Praxis Spinal Cord Institute is seeking a Clinical Advisor to provide expert clinical guidance and strategic support for the Translation to Sustainable…
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Wound Healing Awareness Month: From Innovation to Impact Praxis is Accelerating Pressure Wound Solutions for Canadians with SCI

Pressure injuries remain one of the most common and costly secondary health complications experienced by people living with spinal cord injury. Most…
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Characterizing the Context of Spinal Cord Injury-Inclusive Community-based Organizations to Build Capacity for Research Partnerships: An Environmental Scan

Spinal cord injury community organizations play an important role in ensuring research is relevant, practical, and responsive to the needs of people…
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Can Large Language Models Answer Questions about Spinal Cord Injury? Risks, Challenges, and Opportunities—A Narrative Review

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

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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How PLEX Perspectives Shaped Tarkka’s Approach to Evidence, Adoption, and Market Entry

Through the Praxis SCI Incubate Program, Tarkka discovered that successful adoption depends on more than regulatory milestones. Insights from people with lived…
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Designing for Healing, Building for Reality: DeCell’s Journey to Rethink Pressure Ulcers Through Lived Experience

When DeCell joined the Praxis SCI Incubate Program, they were not looking to redesign the technology itself. They were seeking clarity on…
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