The Canadian Spinal Research Organization is a nationally registered charity whose mission is to improve the physical quality of life for people with spinal cord injuries (SCI) and associated neurological deficits, and reduce the number of spinal cord injuries. through awareness and prevention programs.
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History
In 1982, Ray Wickson was involved in an accident that made him paralyzed. While recovering at the Lyndhurst Rehabilitation Center, Ray Wickson began to ask about the possibility of finding a cure for paralysis, learning from SCS, that from 1945 to 1980s, there was little research done on spinal cord injuries. In 1983, Wickson joined the SCS in the US. He was asked to form a Canadian office, which he did shortly thereafter.
SCSC (Spinal Cord Society Canada), became the branch office for SCS U.S.A, founded by Drs. Charles Carson. Ray Wickson became the Canadian head of this international organization dedicated to "cure research", which focuses on drug discovery for chronic spinal cord injuries. In the early days of the mid-1980s there were two major chapters available that raised funds for research in Ontario. One such chapter in Mississauga Ontario, led by Jocelyn Lovell, the other in Barrie led by Antony Gariepy.
In 1987, Ray Wickson was asked to resign from SCS because of the leadership crisis, and shortly after this, he quit, leaving him free to create an identical organization in Canada called CSRO. The Canadian Spinal Research Organization was originally a concept of the founder of SCS U.S., Dr. Charles Carson, who observes the hopeless dogma that has long been enacted by medical institutions in connection with the discovery of drugs for spinal cord injuries, and the need to challenge the status quo.
After his resignation in 1987, Wickson connected with Barry Munro, who was a patient in rehab at Lyndhurst Hospital at the time, after he suffered a spinal injury from a diving accident. Wickson started CSRO on 14 February 1984 under the name Spinal Cord Society of Canada. At that time, no other chapters were following him into this new venture other than recruiting a new one, Barry Munro.
Wickson uses the rational and structure of the US SCS, as a base for CSRO, from Dr. Charles Carson of Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Like the name Spinal Cord Society Canada is an authorized licensed charitable institution in Canada under the auspices of the American headquarters, the WROC64 formation of CSRO is done in an attempt to distance themselves from them, but at the same time utilize the funds generated on their behalf. He even went so far as to demand the release of funds from Chapter who refused to follow his attempt to tear up the organization. Wickson eventually paid himself from this funding because up to this point his involvement was purely voluntary. CSRO is now a way for him and his new recruitment, Barry Munro, to secure a paid position.
Together, Munro and Wickson use the funds generated under the banner of SCS, establishing CSROs to legitimize their new requirements in receiving financial rewards. Originally, operating outside Wickson's home, the charity earned about $ 25,000 in the first few years. On June 12, 1992, the organization was renamed the Canadian Spinal Research Organization of SCSC to keep their volunteer past away.
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Missions
The Canadian Spinal Research Organization is dedicated to improving the physical quality of life for people with spinal cord injuries and those with associated neurological deficits, through targeted medical and scientific research. CSRO is also committed to reducing spinal cord injuries through awareness programs for the general public and prevention programs for targeted groups. Spinal cord injury (SCI)
Spinal injuries and spinal cord injuries occur when the body is exposed to a greater force than can be restrained by the body part. The amount of force that can cause such damage is generally generated from events such as automatic collisions, falling from heights, falls, collisions and sports and recreation-related blows, contact with objects or surfaces that are immobile during diving, or from penetration by shots or sharp object.
Spinal Injuries
Sometimes only bone structure and/or ligaments are damaged, resulting in various types of fractures (broken bones and discs or dislocations) and unstable spine. Although the affected area may need to be immobilized until healing results, the spinal cord is not affected.
Spinal cord injury
When an injury involves spinal cord, the flow of messages between the brain and the whole body is disrupted or damaged. Disorders result in decreased or loss of motor function, sensation, or both below the level of injury and will also affect bowel, bladder, and sexual function.
Quadriplegia and paraplegia
Injury to the spinal cord is classified as quadriplegia or paraplegia depending on the location of damage to the spinal cord, also known as the severity of the injury.
Quadriplegia - The nerves that supply feelings and movements to the arms and hands, as well as the diaphragm nerves come from the nerve roots in the cervical spinal cord (C1-C7) or the neck region. If the spinal cord is injured in this area, movement and sensation can be impaired to the arms and hands as well as the entire body, including muscles in the abdomen, chest and legs and bladder, intestines, and sexual function. If the injury is high enough that the diaphragm is affected, respiratory problems will also occur; thus, quadriplegia is a condition that causes paralysis of both the upper and lower limbs.
Paraplegia - Injury to the thoracic cord (T1-T12) or lumbar spine (L1-L5) may affect the legs and body (abdomen and lower back) and bladder, gut and sexual functioning, but the arms and hands remain unaffected.
SCI & amp; CSRO Research
The CSRO strives to find a cure for paralysis and improve quality of life for people with spinal cord injury by funding SCI research. Ninety percent of what we know about SCI has been found in the last 20 years. Currently, there is no cure for SCI; However, there are many advances in laboratories around the world.
Previous research funded by CSRO
CSRO has supported a number of research efforts over the years, leading to promising findings and therapies. CSRO's big achievements come at the end of January 2010. After 20 years of development, CSRO and Acorda Therapeutics announced marketing approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for AMPYRA รข„¢ (generic name dalfampridine), oral treatment to improve patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). CSRO has also financed the L1 administration in promoting nerve regeneration, and Clenbuterol - a potential therapeutic aid against muscle wasting restrictions associated with spinal cord injury. Project
is currently funded by CSRO
CSRO is currently funding Gene Therapy and Enteric Glia.
Care and maintenance research
Cure research focuses on the cause of a condition or disease and seeks to not only capture damage, but also reverse the process, thus achieving total recovery. Despite a large amount of research, there will be no realistic solitary findings that provide a "silver bullet" to cure SCI. More likely is the discrete development of many therapies used in combination will allow individuals to return to the level of function they are experiencing before injury. The areas of current healing research are neuroprotection, regeneration, transplantation, and rehabilitation.
Care Research focuses on improving the quality of life of individuals living with SCI. One way to improve the quality of life is to advance the ability of people with SCI to function successfully in society. Researchers make strides in this area by investigating and improving "best practice models", which carers, associates and family members use to treat and educate consumers. One of the main goals of early intervention and stabilization is to promote functional recovery. Typically, care-oriented research is conducted in a clinical setting such as a rehabilitation center. The current field of treatment research is physical and psychosocial.
Fundraising and awareness
CSRO and ASRO have organized several campaigns and programs that educate the general public about spinal cord injuries and raise money for spinal injury research (SCI).
Take the cue
One of the programs CSRO has been involved since 2000 is the Shoot For A Cure campaign. Initially only involving the hockey community, Shoot For A Cure has been expanded to target the braking industry, motor-sport, and horse racing to raise awareness about spinal cord injuries in the general public and raise money for SCI research.
The Shoot For A Cure campaign also aims to promote the prevention of hockey-related spinal cord injuries through the Play it Cool (TM) prevention program. Since the induction of Shoot For A Cure, over $ 2,000,000 has been upgraded for further research and development for ongoing commitment to finding drugs and preventing future injuries.
Play cool
The program under Shoot For A Cure awareness campaign is the Play It Cool (TM) adolescent injury prevention program. Play It Cool (TM) is a skill enhancement program, aimed at reducing the incidence of neurotrauma in hockey. This program is used to equip small hockey players with knowledge and skills that can prevent spinal cord injuries and hockey developed to target hockey players, parents, coaches, and officials. Built on the foundation of scientific research by Dr. William Montelpare at Lakehead University, the Play It Cool website is an online platform that brings together partners from hockey communities across North America to ultimately be the solution to creating safer and more effective hockey games.
Play It Cool supporters include:
- CSRO and ASRO
- The Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation
- Maple Leafs Toronto
- NHLPA
- Ontario Hockey Federation
- Lakehead University
- The Trillium Foundation
- Think First
References
External links
- Official website
- Play This Hockey Cool
- Aim for Healing
- SCS
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