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Saturday, 20 May, 2023

Getting active, while living with a partial spinal cord injury – The University of British Columbia

A UBC Okanagan researcher has been testing the effectiveness of a mobile app that encourages people living with a spinal cord injury—but can walk—to get active.

Dr. Sarah Lawrason, a researcher in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences, has focused her career on working with people who live with a spinal cord injury (SCI) but are ambulatory. She describes this population as an isolated, often misunderstood group of people because while they live with an SCI, they may not rely on a wheelchair all of the time for mobility.

Read more at: 
https://news.ok.ubc.ca/2023/05/09/getting-active-while-living-with-a-partial-spinal-cord-injury/
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