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    We have a wealth of knowledge to share with you about living with a spinal cord injury (SCI), and have pulled this together in this section to help you access the information you need, when you need it.

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    Getting research off the ground is probably more complex than you’d expect.

    Doctor Claire Boswell-Ruys is a physiotherapist and senior research fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) and has worked in the area of spinal cord injuries for the past 20 years.

    We talk about all things research, we discuss what it takes to set up a research trial, how it’s funded, why it can’t be everywhere and why medical research in Australia for people with spinal cord injuries may be different from overseas research.

     

    Information in this episode:

    Doctor Claire Boswell-Ruys – https://neura.edu.au/researchers/dr-claire-boswell-ruys

    NeuRA – Spinal Cord Injury Research Centre – https://neura.edu.au/research/research-expertise/spinal-cord-injury

    Professor Simon Gandevia – https://neura.edu.au/researchers/prof-simon-gandevia

    Professor Jane Butler – https://neura.edu.au/researchers/prof-jane-butler

    Get A Grip Spinal Stimulation for Upper Limb and Respiratory Function in Quadriplegia/Tetraplegia – https://neura.edu.au/project/get-a-grip

    eWalk Trial – https://neura.edu.au/project/ewalk-trial

    Therapeutic acute intermittent hypoxia and hypercapnia – https://neura.edu.au/project/therapeutic-acute-intermittent-hypoxia-and-hypercapnia

    Credits: Susan Wood has written, produced and edited this episode. Logo art by Cobie Ann Moore.

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