Spinal Cord Injury
Fact Sheets

The following is a series of “Fact Sheets” that are courtesy of the UAB Spinal Cord Injury Model System and the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center. They provide spinal cord injury information, written for consumers, that are based on research, and approved by experts.

• Understanding SCI: Part 1 – The Body Before and After Injury
• Understanding SCI: Part 2 – Recovery and Rehabilitation
• Adjusting to Life after Spinal Cord Injury
• Autonomic Dysreflexia
• Bladder Management Options following Spinal Cord Injury
• Surgical Alternatives for Bladder Management following SCI
• Things to Know About Aging and Spinal Cord Injury
• Urinary Tract Infection and Spinal Cord Injury
• Bowel Function after Spinal Cord Injury
• Sexuality and Sexual Function after Spinal Cord Injury
• Pregnancy and Women with Spinal Cord Injury
• Driving after Spinal Cord Injury
• Weight Management Following Spinal Cord Injury
• Exercise after Spinal Cord Injury
• Adaptive Sports and Recreation
• Respiratory Health and Spinal Cord Injury
• Personal Care Attendant
• Caring for Caregivers
• Heterotopic Ossification
• Employment after Spinal Cord Injury
• Skin Care and Pressure Sores
  1. Causes & Risks
  2. Prevention
  3. Pressure Reliefs
  4. Building Skin Tolerance
  5. Areas at High Risk
  6. Recognizing and Treating Pressure Sores
  7. Stages of Pressure Sore Illustrations
• Pain after Spinal Cord Injury
• Depression and Spinal Cord Injury (PDF)
• Safe Transfer Technique
• The Wheelchair Series: What the SCI Consumer Needs to Know
  1. Getting the Right Wheelchair
  2. The Manual Wheelchair
  3. The Power Wheelchair
  4. Maintenance Guide for Users of Manual and Power Wheelchairs
• Spasticity and Spinal Cord Injury
• Gait Training and Spinal Cord Injury
• Research for a Cure in Spinal Cord Injury