The Spinal Cord Medicine Program at UofL Health - Frazier Rehab Institute provides innovative, world-class treatment to those affected with spinal cord impairments resulting from trauma, disease or congenital abnormalities. Within the same facility in downtown Louisville, Frazier Rehab houses the following programs available to individuals with spinal cord injury:
- Inpatient Spinal Cord Injury Program (Acute Rehab)
- Outpatient Spinal Cord Medicine Program
- Neuroscience Collaborative Center and Research Opportunities
- Community Fitness & Wellness Program
Frazier Rehab Institute’s Spinal Cord Medicine Program is one of the nation’s leading rehabilitation programs providing comprehensive treatment utilizing state-of-the-art technologies designed to maximize functional recovery and independence. Our transdisciplinary approach bridges levels of care that empower patients, the workforce, and the community to prevent complications experienced by people living with spinal cord injury.
- Scope of Spinal Cord Injury Services
- Spinal Cord Medicine Support Group
Diagnoses treated in our Spinal Cord Medicine Program include, but are not limited to:
- Traumatic & Non-Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries
- Spina Bifida
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Guillain-Barre
- ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
- Polio/ Post Polio Syndrome
Spinal Cord Medicine Patients in 2022
Outpatient Rehab:
- Provided over 285 outpatient therapy evaluations for individuals with spinal cord injury
- Average number of total therapy sessions (Physical, Occupational, Speech) - 70 sessions
- 40 pediatric outpatients with spinal cord injury
Inpatient Rehab:
- Total number of patients treated - 262
- Traumatic patients - 40%
- Non-traumatic patients - 60%
- The average length of stay for patients with a spinal cord injury is 17.34 days
