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Real voices, real change: Actioning the lived experience of people with SCI through the Aus-InSCI Translation Project

Posted on by RWildermuth
An image of five people standing in front of a research poster titled "Real voices. Real change: Activating lived experience of people with SCI." The image has a white boarder and is on a navy-blue background.

The NIISQ Agency is proud to announce a partnership with The Hopkins Centre aiming to drive meaningful improvements for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) by actioning the insights from the Aus-InSCI Community Survey. […]

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NIISQ partners with Griffith University to help recover arm and hand function following serious personal injury

Posted on by Katey Elenitsas
Neurogrip blog

The National Injury Insurance Agency, Queensland (NIISQ Agency) is proud to announce a partnership with Griffith University to develop of a neural assistive device called NeuroGrip. This innovative project aims to recover arm and hand function for people following serious personal injury. As part of the NeuroGrip initiative, researchers will create a neural interface that […]

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NIISQ partners with UQ to explore virtual reality (VR) for falls prevention and community mobility

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An image of a dark blue background with a clipart image of a person in a wheelchair using a virtual reality headset and touching technology in the air .

NIISQ is proud to announce the finalisation of a new funding agreement with the University of Queensland (UQ) to support a project that will explore the impact of a virtual reality (VR) application for falls management and community mobility training for wheelchair users with a Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). […]

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