Research

The National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC) is dedicated to improving lives of people with spinal cord injury through research, as well as through clinical care and education.

The centre has been prolific in its research output, from the seminal work produced by Sir Ludwig Guttmann and colleagues through to current day.

NSIC research lead:

Professor Paul Kennedy, consultant clinical psychologist and Trust head of clinical psychology

Click here for more information on current research

In this section you can find out about the centre's research activity and the organisations we have close links with.

Click here for the list of current research studies at the centre.

Click here for spinal studies currently open to patient recruitment.

Click here for the list of publications from the centre .

Click here for recent poster presentations from the centre.

Research themes

These themes will be reviewed periodically by the NSIC Research Board:

clinical aspects of cord repair following spinal cord injury
outcome measures for clinical trials
bowel function following spinal cord injury
psychological aspects of spinal cord injury
childhood spinal cord injuries
life-long care after spinal cord injury
secondary complications of spinal cord injury
life expectancy following spinal cord injury
sleep health in spinal cord injury
nutrition following spinal cord injury
radiological investigations for spinal cord injury

Partnership

In addition to other UK spinal centres with which we have have collaborated on several projects, our key research partners include:

National

International