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About Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center

Our mission is simple: we are committed to fully overcoming and curing paralysis. We understand that every incremental gain a person makes in mobility, health, and quality of life is a VICTORY. Victories over paralysis are what motivate us as we design each experiment, document, and categorize each participant’s progress. Every spinal cord injury is as unique as the person experiencing them. We strive to understand that injury and the impact it has on an individual’s life. Every incremental gain a person makes in mobility, health, and quality of life is a victory. 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 those daily, incremental victories possible. 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 research success, we now have clinical services and research opportunities for children with paralysis. Some children are born with paralysis because of conditions such as spinal tumors, while others are due to injuries and diseases. The injury also interrupts the normal course of their growth and development. 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.