{"id":245294,"date":"2024-01-04T19:59:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T19:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/?p=245294"},"modified":"2024-01-05T17:01:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T17:01:44","slug":"new-model-systems-factsheets-sci-and-spasticity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/blog\/new-model-systems-factsheets-sci-and-spasticity","title":{"rendered":"New Model Systems SCI Factsheets: &#8220;Spasticity&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two newly published Factsheets that summarize the latest medical advice for people living with SCI have just been released from the Model Systems Translation Center (MSKTC).\u201dSpasticity and SCI\u201d details symptoms, causes and management of this common condition that affects 63-90 percent of people with SCI. The \u201cGuide to Inpatient Rehabilitation Services\u201d focuses on post-injury rehab, how to deal with the whole range of rehab specialists and highlights the importance of personal goal-setting.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-245309\" src=\"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-01-02-at-1.31.45-PM-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-01-02-at-1.31.45-PM-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-01-02-at-1.31.45-PM-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-01-02-at-1.31.45-PM.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To create a Factsheet, The MSKTC collects data about the topic from<!--more--> the 18 best SCI research hospitals that are part of the Model Systems across the nation, and puts them into a short handouts, written in plain language that people use in their everyday lives. They are intended to be a starting point for understanding the effects of an SCI, especially useful for newly injured patients.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/msktc.org\/sci\/factsheets\/spasticity-and-spinal-cord-injury\">Spasticity\u201d Factsheet<\/a> covers causes, treatment, management, medications.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/msktc.org\/sci\/factsheets\/guide-inpatient-rehabilitation-services-people-spinal-cord-injury\">Inpatient Rehabilitation&#8221; Factsheet<\/a> details the roles of various specialists and how to find the correct facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two newly published Factsheets that summarize the latest medical advice for people living with SCI have just been released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":234096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245294"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245335,"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245294\/revisions\/245335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/facingdisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}