Useful websites
Rehabilitation Measures Database
details: The Rehabilitation Measures Database was developed to help clinicians and researchers identify reliably and valid instruments used to assess patient outcomes during all phases of rehabilitation. The database provides evidence-based summaries that include concise descriptions of each instrument.URL: www.rehabmeasures.org
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Reeve Health Minute
details: This site set up by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation has a collection of short videos with useful tips for people with SCI. It covers topics such as stretching, cooking, exercise and mobility just to name a few.URL: www.youtube.com/user/ReeveFoundation/videos?query=reeve+health+minute
SPINALpedia: The Power of Experience
details: SPINALpedia is a social mentoring network and video archive that allows the spinal cord injury community to motivate each other with the knowledge and triumphs gained from our individual experiences.URL: www.spinalpedia.com
Systematic Review of the Exercise or Health-Related Benefits of FES Cycling and Locomotor Training Approaches after SCI 1989-2009
details: This review evaluated the literature related to the health and exercise benefits of FES cycling and locomotor training interventions. Eighteen articles published between 1989 and 2009 were identified and evaluated.URL: www.bu.edu/drrk/research-syntheses/spinal-cord-injuries/fes-cycling/
SCI - U
details: SCI-U is a series of 10 multimedia courses about learning to live with spinal cord injury. The courses have been designed to give you the information you need to live a healthy, active life. They were developed by people who live with SCI, in collaboration with researchers and clinicians. URL: www.sci-u.ca/
The Participation and Quality of Life Tool-Kit (PARQoL)
details: The Participation and Quality of life Tool Kit is an educational resource to support SCI clinicians and researchers with the outcome tool selection process. The website provides information about which QoL and participation outcome tools have been used to assess secondary health conditions.URL: http://parqol.com/outcome-tools/
Wheelchair Skills Program - Dalhousie University, Canada
details: This website details the Wheelchair Skills Program (WSP). The WSP includes the Wheelchair Skills Test (WST), the questionnaire version of the WST (WST-Q) and the Wheelchair Skills Training Program (WSTP). It is used to assess and train wheelchair users and/or their caregivers and clinicians. URL: www.wheelchairskillsprogram.ca/eng/index.php
Biomecanica para lesionados medulares (Biomechanics for spinal cord injuries) - in Spanish.
details: This video is from the National Paraplegics Hospital of Toledo in Spain. They discuss the biomechanical analysis of walking, wheelchair propulsion, pressure, and prevention of pressure areas.URL: www.infomedula.org/index.php?option=com_seyret&Itemid=0&task=videodirectlink&id=28&lang=es
Cochrane Canada Live (webinar archive)
details: In 2009, The Canadian Cochrane Centre launched the first webinar series within the Cochrane Collaboration. The site contains
archived recordings of the Cochrane Canada Live webinars.URL: ccnc.cochrane.org/cochrane-canada-live-webinar-archive
CareCure Community
details: CareCure has over 70 forums that discuss everything from Life to Legislation & Advocacy, from Sports and Travel to Pain, from Computers to Politics.URL: sci.rutgers.edu/