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Thank you for visiting the website for the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Spinal Cord Injury: Promoting Health and Preventing Complications through Exercise. Learn more about us and the work of the RRTC.

We hope that this website will provide you with useful information on spinal cord injury and the prevention of secondary conditions through exercise and physical activity.

Check back on this page often, as we will be posting new RRTC information, findings, and events as they become available.

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What is Osteoporosis? --- It is basically the loss of bone (termed "bone mineral density" or BMD) such that bone becomes thinner, weaker, and more likely to break.

Osteoporosis is fairly universal after spinal cord injury (SCI), meaning that most people with SCI have some degree of osteoporosis, the severity of which depends on factors such as how complete the SCI is, time since SCI, body build, activity level prior to SCI, gender, age, medications taken, and any other medical conditions that might affect bone.

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How to Get Involved

Researchers at the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) in Washington , DC are currently looking for persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) who are willing to participate in one or more of the following research studies. If you would like to participate or get further information on a particular study, please visit our How to Get Involved section.