By Twinkle Luthra, Senior Occupational Therapist, CPFT NHS Foundation Trust Falls contribute to approximately 30% of spinal cord injuries, highlighting the critical need for effective prevention strategies. On the occasion of 10th World SCI Day Poster Competition hosted by the ISCoS Prevention Committee, I presented a poster which presents an occupational therapy framework structured around…
By Ishmeet Singh (PT) Falls are one of the most common adverse events in inpatient rehabilitation, and in frail older adults they can result in catastrophic injuries, including spinal cord trauma. At the Cambridge Rehabilitation Unit (CRU) which is a 36-bed inpatient rehabilitation unit, most of our patients are frail older adults, often scoring 6…
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