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. 2021 May 1;38(9):1251-1266.
doi: 10.1089/neu.2020.7174. Epub 2021 Feb 3.

Meeting Proceedings for SCI 2020: Launching a Decade of Disruption in Spinal Cord Injury Research

Leslie R Morse  1 , Edelle C Field-Fote  2   3 , Jose Contreras-Vidal  4 , Linda J Noble-Haeusslein  5 , Matthew Rodreick  6 , Richard K Shields  7 , Michael Sofroniew  8 , Robert Wudlick  1 , Jeanne M Zanca  9   10 ; SCI 2020 Working Group
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Meeting Proceedings for SCI 2020: Launching a Decade of Disruption in Spinal Cord Injury Research

Leslie R Morse et al. J Neurotrauma. .

Abstract

The spinal cord injury (SCI) research community has experienced great advances in discovery research, technology development, and promising clinical interventions in the past decade. To build upon these advances and maximize the benefit to persons with SCI, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) hosted a conference February 12-13, 2019 titled "SCI 2020: Launching a Decade of Disruption in Spinal Cord Injury Research." The purpose of the conference was to bring together a broad range of stakeholders, including researchers, clinicians and healthcare professionals, persons with SCI, industry partners, regulators, and funding agency representatives to break down existing communication silos. Invited speakers were asked to summarize the state of the science, assess areas of technological and community readiness, and build collaborations that could change the trajectory of research and clinical options for people with SCI. In this report, we summarize the state of the science in each of five key domains and identify the gaps in the scientific literature that need to be addressed to move the field forward.

Keywords: assistive technology; neural plasticity; neural regeneration; neuromodulation; rehabilitation medicine; spinal cord injury.

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