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Is there research behind the exercise-based recovery methods being used at FSWC?

April 26, 2017exercise-based fswc methods recovery Research Used

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Is there research behind the exercise-based recovery methods being used at FSWC?

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As a certified Project Walk provider facility, FSWC will use the training methods developed by Ted Dardzinski (The Dardzinski Method™). Project Walk has their own Research and Development Department in which they conduct and publish their own research projects as well as provide their client’s with the latest on SCI research. Further, Project Walk is geared to developing new rehabilitative equipment for SCI. One particular research project published by Project Walk and the University of California studied the effects of intense exercise in chronic spinal cord injuries. This study concluded that, “Multimodal IE (intensive exercise) can significantly improve motor function in subjects with chronic SCI. An organized program may provide greater motor benefits than a self-regulated program; load bearing might be of particular value. IE might have therapeutic value in chronic SCI, and as an adjunct to other restorative therapies.” (Spinal Cord (2008) 46, 733-737). This research can be viewed