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SCI researchers published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Researchers from University of Michigan, Kessler Foundation, Northwestern University and James Peters VAMC publish study on blood pressure dysregulation

West Orange, N.J. September 24, 2013. An article by SCI researchers appears in the current issue of Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2013; 94(9):1721-1730: Carlozzi NE, Fyffe D, Morin KG, Byrne R, Tulsky DS, Victorson D, Lai J-S, Wecht JM. Impact of blood pressure dysregulation on health-related quality of life in persons with spinal cord injury.  Results suggest that blood pressure dysregulation has adverse effects on health-related quality of life, indicating the need for a valid, sensitive tool for measuring the extent of the impact.

The article was authored by researchers from University of Michigan (Noelle Carlozzi, PhD; David Tulsky, PhD), Kessler Foundation/Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (Denise Fyffe, PhD), Kessler Foundation (Rachel Byrne, MS), James J. Peters VA Medical Center/Mount Sinai School of Medicine (Jill Wecht, EdD), James J. Peters VA Medical Center (Kel Morin, BA); and Northwestern University (Jin-Shei Lai, PhD, OTR/L. The study was funded by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VARRD #B7537R).