The goal of the expedited ISNCSCI exam (E-ISNCSCI) is to accurately determine the neurological level of injury (NLI) and the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale (AIS) with fewer exam items, when applicable.  Just released version 2 represents an improvement that better balances shortening the exam, maximizing accuracy, ensuring teachability, and satisfying clinicians’ desire for clinical information beyond NLI and AIS, namely a fuller description of motor function.
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Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
Volume 31 | Issue 2
Biomarkers
TSCIR Online

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ASIA 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting
San Antonio, TX
April 24-26 | Precourses: April 23
The 2026 Abstract & Course Submission Portal will open July 7!

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Applications are now being accepted for the 2026 Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Allied Health Professional Research Award of ASIA. The CHNF Allied Health Professional Research Award of ASIA is to encourage clinicians with an interest in research, but who have limited experience in research thus far in their career – fostering the transition of the applicant from a clinician into becoming a researcher.
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Join us in this episode for a conversation with Jen French and Ian Burkhart, leaders of neurotech development movements and users of implanted neurological devices. Our guests share briefly about their experience with implanted devices, and then the conversation zooms in on exciting recently developments in implantable brain-computer interface (iBCI) and electrical simulation options such as epidural spinal cord stimulation (eSCS). Read More

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Register now! Free webinar series: Industry Collaborations. The Early Career Researcher/Clinician five-part webinar series is designed to highlight the collaborative efforts between clinicians, scientists, and industry professionals in the clinical translation of innovative spinal cord injury (SCI) treatments and technologies.
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Episodes 45 & 46… Join us for conversations with Daniela Terson de Paleville, PhD, professor of Physiology at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, and Marcelo Gatti, PT, director of neurorehabilitation in the area of spinal cord injury at Fleni Institute Escobar, Buenos Aires, Argentina. We’ll discuss the paper titled “Gait recovery in patients with late assessment of incomplete spinal cord injury: A retrospective study in Argentina.”
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Congratulations Dr James W. Varni, named as recipient of the 2025 Vogel Award. Dr. Varni is receiving the award for his paper “Pain, pain interference, social and school/work functioning in youth with spinal cord injury: A mediation analysis.”  The Vogel Award is given annually for the best paper by a clinician or researcher involved in Pediatric SCI Rehabilitation in the preceding calendar year.
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Congratulations Dr. Brian Le, recipient of the 2025 Apple Award for his paper “Association of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements with Fractures in Persons with a Traumatic SCI.” Dr. Le is an early-career clinician-researcher at the Augusta Veterans Affairs Health System in Augusta, GA.  The Apple Award for excellence in publishing in spinal cord injury rehabilitation literature is presented annually during the ASIA Annual Scientific Meeting in recognition of the best-published paper by a clinician or researcher in the preceding calendar year.

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Special issue on: Artificial Intelligence in Spinal Cord Injury Research and Medicine
Guest Editor: Dennis Bourbeau
Manuscripts due by January 9, 2026
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