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Introducing the RRTC on Spinal Cord Injury: Research Aimed at Improving Your Health. Part II: Maintenance of Skin Health and Prevention of Pressure Ulcers

Presented by Suzanne Groah, MD, MSPH, Project Director, and Manon Schladen, MSE, EdS, Co-Director of Training, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Secondary Conditions in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) on July 28, 2010.

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About the Training

This RRTC works to help people with spinal cord injury (SCI) maintain their health after injury and focuses specifically on the prevention of obesity, cardiovascular disease, and pressure ulcers. Over the next 5 years, the RRTC, based at National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH), will work in collaboration with ILRU and others to conduct research activities that will produce new knowledge for consumers and their health care providers. The RRTC will then work to help people use the knowledge gained from research to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease and pressure ulcers in SCI, improving quality of life, and enhancing well-being.

This 2-part webinar series introduces the research activities of the RRTC and highlights how they affect the health and well-being of individuals with SCI. Part I highlighted research activities focusing on the prevention of obesity and cardiovascular disease, and can be viewed at http://ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/archive/2010/07-14-SCI-RRTC.html

Part II introduces research activities focusing on the maintenance of skin health and the prevention of pressure ulcers.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• List current recommendations for adequate skin protection that aid in the prevention of pressure ulcers
• Describe current research activities that focus on maintaining good skin health

Presentation Resources:

• PowerPoint presentation (PPT file 5 MB)
• PowerPoint presentation (Accessible HTML file)
• Transcript of the presentation (71 KB Word doc)

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Presented by the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Secondary Conditions in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) in Washington, DC, and its partner, ILRU, Independent Living Research Utilization, a project of TIRR Memorial Hermann in Houston, TX

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