The VCU TBI Model System grant supports our scientific research that focuses on improving care and quality of life for people with brain injury and their families. Focal points of the study include learning the benefits of couple’s support and education, understanding the effectiveness of teaching resilience for survivors, understanding caregiver’s resilience, and researching the long-term outcomes after brain injury.
The CARE4TBI project is a pragmatic, stakeholder-driven observational study which aims to: 1) standardize electronic medical record (EMR) documentation of rehabilitation therapy to allow extraction for research and operations, 2) compare the effectiveness of well-defined rehabilitation approaches to improve community participation and functional independence of patients with TBI, and 3) identify patient, provider, setting, and post-discharge factors that modify the effect of therapy on key outcomes. In addition to rehabilitation clinicians, persons living with TBI from the Ohio Valley Center Advisory Council will provide input on study implementation and interpretation of findings.
SCI Model System centers provide a multidisciplinary system of rehabilitation care ranging from emergency services through rehabilitation and reentry into full community life. SCI Model System centers also conduct research, provide education, and disseminate information with the goal of improving long-term functional, vocational, cognitive, and quality-of-life outcomes for individuals with SCI.
The study examines the efficacy of a newly developed telehealth Transition Assistance Program (TAP) for caregivers of individuals with acute spinal cord injury.
This study is focused on developing an application of goal attainment scaling for electronic health records and integrate its use into the rehabilitation team’s specialty practice at Sheltering Arms Institute.
The purpose of this research study is to test whether an animal-assisted interaction (AAI) intervention is better than conversation with another person or treatment as usual for improving mood, anxiety, loneliness, quality of life, and indicators of health care services such as number of hospitalizations, length of hospital stay, and cost of services.
The purpose of this study is to determine if playing a virtual reality walking game can help improve neuropathic pain in adults with chronic spinal cord injury.
This study is for patients with traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury, their caregivers, family members, and health providers to participate in via a web-based consumer/stakeholder advisory committee and disseminate study findings.
To learn more about these projects, please contact our research team at research@sai.rehab or by completing the form below.
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