VOP at Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center (KSCIRC)
Victories over paralysis are what motivate us as we design each experiment, document and categorize each participant’s progress. We are an international team committed to understanding neuroscience and translating scientific findings to the clinic to continually move toward fully overcoming paralysis.
The University of Louisville’s Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center has basic and translational research taking place right alongside the best in clinical care at Frazier Rehab Institute. It is our lab’s proximity to that clinical care that makes possible those daily, incremental victories available to patients.
Locomotor training is a cornerstone to recovery of function below the level of injury, reducing secondary complications and improving quality of life. Epidural stimulation was a breakthrough in our understanding of control of movement and the possibilities for the most severely injured.Building upon this strong foundation and success, we now have clinical services and research for children with paralysis. We have pioneered research and practice of activity-based therapies, specifically locomotor training, to promote recovery for kids after spinal cord injury. We have seen improved abilities to sit, stand, balance, and step. People of all ages with paralysis will now have the opportunity to benefit from the research and clinical application of scientific findings.
If you are interested in participating in research with us, please visit our website to register a new account in our research database: https://victoryoverparalysis.org/participate-in-research-copy/ If you are found to be potentially eligible for any of our studies, someone from our team may contact you.
