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AIM's Writing for Healing: A Workshop for Individuals Living With Paralysis


Sponsor

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Enrollment

160 participants

Start Date

Sep 1, 2020

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Summary

The UAB Institute for Arts In Medicine (AIM) is currently implementing an expressive emotional writing pilot project for adults with paralysis caused by neurological conditions such as traumatic head or spinal cord injury.


Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Inclusion Criteria5

  • Age 18 or older with paralysis living in the community
  • limb paralysis resulting from a traumatic event/accident or neurological disease (e.g., spinal cord injury, head injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis, Transverse myelitis, poliomyelitis, peripheral neuropathy, Parkinson's disease, ALS, botulism, and Guillain-Barré syndrome etc) happened after childhood
  • a non-traumatic spinal cord injury may be caused by arthritis, cancer, inflammation, infections or disk degeneration of the spine
  • caregivers of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  • able to communicate verbally or through writing

Exclusion Criteria2

  • known maladaptive behavioral patterns, exhibition of overt psychotic symptoms (e.g., presence of hallucinations, delusions, or thought disorders)
  • congenital (e.g., spinal bifida, cerebral palsy)

Locations(1)

354 School of Health Professions Building

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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