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General Autonomic

• Sympathetic skin response (SSR) to electrical or physiological stimuli, Dr. Ellaway, May 3, 2007


• "Sit-up testing" for the evaluation of cardiovascular autonomic function after spinal cord injury (SCI), Dr. Claydon, May 3, 2007


• "Tilt-Table Testing" for the Evaluation of Cardiovascular Autonomic Function after Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Dr. Wecht, May 3, 2007


• Power spectral analysis of heart rate and blood pressure variability for the evaluation of cardiovascular autonomic function after spinal cord injury (SCI), Drs. Ditor and Warburton, May 3, 2007


• Mental stress test to activate sympathetic nervous system by central command, Dr. Karlsson, May 9, 2007

Sexuality

• International Index of Erectile Function, Dr. Elliott, May 22, 2007


• Vaginal Photoplethysmography to measure Vaginal Pulse Amplitude, Dr. Sipski, May 22, 2007


• Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), Dr. Sipski, May 22, 2007


• Male Reproductive Function, May 25, 2007

Bladder

• QUALIVEEN (Disease-specific and organ-specific quality of life), Dr. Creasey, May 22, 2007

Bowel

• Rectal Planimetry, Dr. Stiens, May 22, 2007


• Events and Intervals of Bowel Care, Dr. Stiens, May 22, 2007


• Rectal Electromyography, Dr. Stiens, May 22, 2007


• Fecal Incontinence Scale Measurement with Quality of Life Index by Byrne, Dr. Stiens, May 22, 2007


• Anal Manometry, Dr. Stiens, May 22, 2007

Sensory and Motor Control

• Quantitative Sensory Testing, Drs. Hayes and Ellaway, May 22, 2007


• Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs), Drs. Stokic and Curt, May 29, 2007


• Motor evoked potentials (MEP) to transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), Dr. Ellaway, May 22, 2007


• Voluntary Response Index, Dr. Sherwood, May 22, 2007

Depression

• Inventory to Diagnose Depression, Dr. Kalpakjian, May 22, 2007


• Center for Epidemiologic Studies – Depression (CES-D), Dr. Kalpakjian, May 22, 2007


• Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Dr. Kalpakjian, May 25, 2007

Presentations from the 2007 Conference

• Supportive Neurophysiological Measures, Dr. Sherwood, July 17, 2007


• Measurement of Participation following Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: An Evidence-Based Review for Research

ASIA 2006 ANNUAL MEETING PRECOURSE CONTENT AVAILABLE ONLINE

The 2006 pre-course to the annual scientific meeting of ASIA, entitled "State of the Art in Spinal Cord Injury Measurement and Outcomes" was an innovative and comprehensive program partnered by a grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). International experts in the field addressed the subject from multiple perspectives in an initial effort to establish the current position of measurement and outcomes in SCI. This effort will be followed up with a second pre-course, to the 2007 annual scientific meeting of ASIA. That program will be offered on Wednesday, May 30, 2007, at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida. Consult the ASIA web site for details on registration for the pre-course, as well as the annual scientific meeting.

As part of its commitment to disseminate the information from the 2006 pre-course, ASIA will offer manuscripts from the proceedings in two forms: first on its web-site, where they will be posted as they are completed, and second in the “Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine” where they will appear as they are completed by their authors. The first of these manuscripts is posted now, and it is anticipated that all manuscripts will be on the ASIA web site by 4/1/07. They will appear in the journal periodically during this calendar year, as space allows in individual issues.

We hope that you will enjoy having this complimentary access to the manuscripts, and will find them useful. This was a landmark conference, and we are grateful to the speakers for all of the work that is represented by their participation in the conference, and their completion of the manuscripts of the proceedings.

Marcalee Sipski Alexander, M.D.
President, ASIA

• Neuroimaging in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
• Outcome Measures for Pain after Spinal Cord Injury
• Towards Guidelines for Evaluation of Measures
• Autonomic Standards Paper
• Proceedings of the Functional Recovery Measures Sub-committee