Selected Abstracts




Selected Abstracts from the 2006 SCI Conference

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

Support Group and Individual Psychotherapy Equally Effective in Reducing Depression During Rehabilition
Jennifer Duchnick, PhD; Sarah Asmussen, MS; and Nancy Cuevas-Soto, MSN, RN
Objectives:
Increased awareness of types of psychological treatment for depression availalable to rehabilition participants.
Increased familiarity with research design to evaluate group difference in treatment effectiveness.
Increased awareness of applications of research findings to clinical practice.
Introduction: Depression […]

Literature Review & Critique: Health Outcomes, Health Behaviors, and Spinal Cord Injury

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

Michelle A. Meade, PhD
ABSTRACTS
Krause, J. (1996). Secondary conditions and spinal cord injury: A model for prediction and prevention. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, 2(2). 58-70.
Rehabilitation professionals are becoming increasingly concerned about the long-term consequences of spinal cord injury. After SCI, individuals are vulnerable to a wide array of secondary conditions, including skin sores, urinary […]

Selected Abstracts of Papers and Posters Presented at the AASCIPSW 18th Annual Conference

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

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Health Status After Spinal Cord Injury: A Longitudinal Outcomes Study
Diana H. Rintala, PhD––VA Medical Center (153), Houston, TX; Karen A. Hart, PhD; Michael M. Priebe, MD
Introduction: A longitudinal study was undertaken to assess health status across the first two years following spinal cord injury (SCI).
Method: Thirty-one individuals with SCI were recruited […]