Spinal Cord Injury Model Care Systems

The Model Spinal Cord Injury System program, sponsored by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Dept of Education, provides assistance to establish innovative projects for the delivery , demonstration, and evaluation of comprehensive medical, vocational, and other rehabilitation services to meet the needs of individuals with spinal cord injury.

Model System Centers across the United States work together to demonstrate improved care, maintain a national database, participate in independent and collaborative research and provide continuing education relating to spinal cord injury.

Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC)
The MSKTC summarizes research, identifies health information needs and develops systems for sharing information for the NIDRR model systems programs in spinal cord injury.

National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center
Information & Statistics about SCI

SCI Model System Research Publications
This database contains journal articles and book chapters produced by NIDRR Model Systems in spinal cord injury.