Tuesday, May 13, 2025
5/13/2025
Mount Sinai Spinal Cord Injury Model System - The Mount Sinai Spinal Cord Injury Model System (MSSCIMS) will improve the quality of life of persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) during this five-year project through comprehensive care, innovative research, and multi-platform dissemination of research and educational information. The objectives are: 1) provide a comprehensive SCI clinical service delivery system in the New York City (NYC) area; 2) contribute longitudinal data to the National SCI Database; 3) conduct the site-specific research to evaluate a novel approach to inpatient rehabilitation treatment; 4) participate in collaborative module research projects; and 5) work with Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center and our community partners to disseminate scientific results and educational information to our stakeholders, including people with SCI and their families, researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and the National Paralysis Resource Center. Anticipated outcomes include: 1) access by individuals with SCI in the NYC area to a SCI clinical service delivery program that seamlessly integrates emergency medical services, acute care services, acute medical rehabilitation services, and post-acute services; 2) increased knowledge of the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation on stabilizing blood pressure after SCI; 3) increased knowledge of the feasibility, reliability, and long-term prognostic capability of the International Standards to Document Autonomic Function after SCI if our proposed module is chosen and completed; and 4) knowledgeable stakeholders of research results and educational information. The expected products include monthly e-newsletters; social media postings; a continuously updated website (MountSinaiSCI.org); daily support groups and classes; regular educational webinars; professionally produced MSSCIMS co-branded videos; annual SCI research fairs; scientific presentations at national and international meetings; and scientific journal publications.
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