A partnership in Virginia has earned unique spine care designation for the state, NBC 12 reported Sept. 22.
Virginia Commonwealth University’s Center for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering, Central Virginia VA Health Care System and Sheltering Arms Institute, all in Richmond, teamed up to form the State Consortium for Spinal Cord Injury Care. The collaboration earned the commonwealth federal designation as one of 14 Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Centers in the U.S.
It also makes Virginia Commonwealth University one of four centers to have dual designation as a spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury model systems center.
The consortium will focus on two research projects as well. One includes the use of noninvasive electrical stimulation, and the second will identify health inequities after spinal cord injuries.