Research - Social and Medical 

SIA Academy

The Academy is undertaking an increasing amount of social research. Download published findings below:

A Survey on Ageing with a Spinal Cord Injury and

Preserving and Developing the National SCI Service - Important research on spinal cord injury services in the UK.

No Less a Quality of Life - an evaluation of the SIA’s Community Peer Support Service which supports SCI people who are being treated in District General Hospitals. The work was carried out by researchers from the School of Health Professionals, in the Faculty of Health at the University of Plymouth.

The Academy is also responsible for the Training Programme run by SIA and for the management and development of the SIA Library on Spinal Cord Injury.

As the Academy grows, amongst our plans are those to establish links with overseas organisations such as the European Spinal Cord Injury Federation in order to share knowledge of spinal cord injury across Europe.       

Research Organisations in the UK 

Spinal Research
In the United Kingdom the main charity providing research funding is Spinal Research.  They fund medical research around the world to develop reliable treatments for paralysis caused by a broken back or neck.   

UK Spinal Cord Injury Research Network
The UK Spinal Cord Injury Research Network promotes and organises multi-centre clinical research with spinal cord injured people to improve their health care and well being. 

Wings for Life - Spinal Cord Research Foundation
Wings for Life is a UK charity with offices here and abroad.  It provides targeted financial support, to enable the implementation of important research projects focusing on curing paraplegia. 

INSPIRE Foundation
The INSPIRE Foundation was set up by SCI people in 1985  and "funds research projects which are designed to lead to an improvement in the quality of life."

Follow the link in the menu on the left of this page for information about overseas research organisations.

Research at Spinal Cord Injury Centres

Listed below are links to the centres who have information about research on their websites.  To find out about the research done at other Centres please contact them direct.

National Spinal Injuries Centre

Spinal Research Centre

Midlands Centre - Oswestry

Southport

Pinderfields

Current Surveys and Research

SIA is often approached by researchers looking to survey SCI people.  These projects are usually advertised through the SIA Message Board  under the heading of Research & Surveys or in the Research Section on the website.