Research
In 1973, Craig was designated a Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Center by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) and begins enrolling patients in 1974. During the 1980s, intensified treatment and study of ventilator-dependent patients and high quadriplegia lead to the publication of the text The Management of High Quadriplegia in 1989.
In 1990, Craig staff intensified study and treatment of aging in spinal cord injury, publishing the text Aging With Spinal Cord Injury in 1993. Collaborative clinical trials the hospital has been involved in include the Parastep FES ambulation system pre-FDA approval trial (1991), an intrathecal baclofen pump for the treatment of spasticity trial (1996), and the Sygen Multicenter Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (2004).
In 1998, Craig was designated a Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Center by NIDRR. An in-house Cell Center with a Class 10,000 (ISO 7) Cleanroom opened in 2003 and Craig became the first trial site in the U.S. for Proneuron's Phase II Activated Macrophage Clinical Trial.
In 2006, Craig was named the National Data and Statistical Center for the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems and received a $3.1 million grant to research brain injury, followed by a five-year, $5.8 million grant to study rehabilitation for patients with spinal cord injuries.
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