August 11, 2016
According to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center, there are approximately 282,000 people currently living with a spinal cord injury in the United States.
“Spinal cord injury significantly alters a person’s way of life,” says IHPI member Michelle Meade, associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation. “Perhaps the most dramatic alteration is the individual’s health and the steps they have to take to manage it on a daily basis.”
Meade is the co-editor of a two-part series of Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation focused on recent research studies about health behaviors and health management in individuals with spinal cord injury.