Researcher Profile: Dorothy Barthélemy

Dr. Dorothy Barthélemy, a leading researcher in SCI, is fascinated by why some people with SCI regain their ability to balance and…
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Developing A New Model Of Care For SCI

Rick Hansen SCI Registry provides a baseline for the collection of critical data in Alberta.
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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

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

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

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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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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