Click Tips: Paraplegia

In the "Click Tips" the editorial team of REHACARE.de presents commented links about Paraplegia.

Spinal Injuries Association (SIA)
The Spinal Injuries Association is the leading national charity for spinal cord injured people. SIAs aims are to offer support and assistance from the time of injury and for the rest of a paralysed person's life, to provide services to increase an individual's quality of life, support the families of newly injured people, to increase knowledge and awareness of the causes and consequences of spinal cord injury, to campaign for the best medical and social care for spinal cord injured people. Online there is a message board, a chat and the National Library on Spinal Cord Injury, a unique reference collection with online catalogue.
- www.spinal.co.uk

Association for Spinal Injury Research (ASPIRE)
ASPIRE is a registered charity formed in 1983 for rehabilitation and reintegration, and works with people who are spinally injured to promote well-being and independence. Through its projects and programmes, Aspire offers practical support to the 40,000 people living with a spinal cord injury in the UK so that they can lead fulfilled and independent lives in their homes, with their families, in work places and in leisure time.
- www.aspire.org.uk

The Back-Up Trust
A national charity offering people paralysed through spinal cord injury the opportunity to take up challenging outdoor activities: which act as a catalyst in regaining confidence, independence and motivation. Back-Up is for everyone affected by spinal cord injury, regardless of age, level of injury, or background. Back-Up is there for family members, too. Their services include mentoring, wheelchair skills training and activity courses as well as support in getting back to work or school after an injury.
- www.backuptrust.org.uk

European Spinal Cord Injury Federation (ESCIF)
The European Spinal Cord Injury Federation has 25 members. All members of ESCIF are independent national organisations with their own statutes and whose main objective is to represent people with spinal cord injury in their country.
- www.escif.org

British Association of Spinal Cord Injury Specialists (BASCIS)
The British Association of Spinal Cord Injury Specialists is made up of senior doctors in Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Eire. They aim to improve the acute and long-term management of spinal cord injury and the training of doctors in the speciality. The following web site will give you the contact names of the leading consultants in each of the Spinal Injury Units in Britain and Ireland. BASCIS works to improve the quality of care for Spinal Cord Injury patients and the training of doctors in the speciality.
- www.bascis.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS)
The International Spinal Cord Society is a membership organisation of over 1,000 clinicians and scientists from 87 countries. They regularly update their knowledge at the Annual Scientific Meeting held in a different country each year. They aim to promote the highest standard of care in the practice of spinal cord injury for men, women and children throughout the world and endeavour to foster education, research and clinical excellence. Spinal Cord, their official journal, is essential reading for those working full time in spinal cord injuries and those who have a special interest in basic science and any of the of the organs or systems affected by spinal cord injury.
- www.iscos.org.uk

Multidisciplinary Association of Spinal Cord Injured Professionals (MASCIP)
MASCIP is a national forum to promote standards in clinical practice, foster research and encourage service development. Open to individuals with a professional interest and activity associated with SCI. The Association's prime objective is to provide a national professional forum to promote standards in clinical practice, foster research and encourage the development of health and social care services for people with spinal cord injuries. MASCIP exists to enable all professions and grades of staff associated with the care and welfare of people with Spinal Cord injuries, both within and outside of Spinal Cord Injury Centres, to articulate professional issues and concerns.
- www.mascip.co.uk

Spinal Cord Injuries Australia
Spinal Cord Injuries Australia was formed as the Australian Quadriplegic Association in September 1967 to provide suitable accommodation for young people with severe spinal cord injuries. Their services have expanded as the need and opportunity arose. They now extend their services to all people with physical disabilities.
- www.scia.org.au

UK Spinal Cord Injury Research Network
The UK Spinal Cord Injury Research Network promotes and organises multi-centre clinical research with spinal cord injured people to improve their health care and well being.
- www.spinalresearchnetwork.org

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
The American Academy of Neurology, established in 1948, is an international professional association of 24,000 neurologists and neuroscience professionals dedicated to promoting the highest quality patient-centred neurologic care. The AAN is strongly committed to its mission and focuses its efforts on ensuring the reality of the principles and standards set forth in the AAN mission statement.
- www.aan.com

Spinal Research
Spinal Research is the UK’s leading charity funding medical research around the world to develop reliable treatments for paralysis caused by a broken back or neck. Spinal Research raises money to fund research into clinical treatments as well as vital basic science research.
- www.spinal-research.org

The INSPIRE Foundation
INSPIRE is a UK national charity which was formed in 1985 by people who were themselves spinal cord injured and who wanted to raise funds for the then embryonic Medical Physics Department in Salisbury. In February 2000, INSPIRE became a member of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) and in May 2008 was awarded partnership status by the National Institute for Health Research by the Department of Health.
- www.inspire-foundation.org.uk

Spinal Injuries Scotland (SIS)
Spinal Injuries Scotland is the national voluntary organisation concerned with new and long-term spinal cord injured people, their relatives and friends, along with those involved in the management, care and rehabilitation of the injury. SIS provides immediate support through the office based Information Service and operate a self-referral information line. SIS also provides a legal and welfare rights advisory service.
- www.sisonline.org

Spinal Cord Injury Network (Australia, New Zealand)
Established in 2008, the Spinal Cord Injury Network has identified a number of ways to speed the translation of innovative research discoveries into practical benefits for people with spinal cord injury. They want o facilitate more effective clinical trials in spinal cord injury and also to improve translation of basic and clinical research into evidence-based practice.
- www.spinalnetwork.org.au

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