Latest research collaboration – Access Active Rehab

People in wheelchairs playing sport

September 13th, 2021 We’re pleased to announce our latest research funding project, which involves a collaboration with the Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association Headed up by project leads David Bartholomaeus and Nick Such from the Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association, the Access Active Rehab project aims to improve health outcomes for hospital inpatients with traumatic brain and […]

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Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Week 2021

As we embrace the warmer weather in the coming months, this week we also acknowledge Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Week. Spinal Life Australia, a leading advocacy group for people living with paraplegia and quadriplegia, is focusing on the theme for this year: Good Access = Good Business.  NIISQ CEO Neil Singleton and Spinal Life Australia […]

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Capacity building for providers of cognitive rehabilitation

In late May 2021, we launched a research collaboration with Professor Jennifer Fleming and her team at the University of Queensland to help provide people with increased access to cognitive rehabilitation across Queensland. With such a large percentage of NIISQ participants living with traumatic brain injuries, access to quality cognitive rehabilitation treatment, regardless of where they […]

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Funding of physiotherapy clinical practice guidelines for people with spinal cord injury

The National Injury Insurance Scheme Agency, Queensland (NIISQ Agency) has partnered with Metro South Health to fund the Queensland component of a Queensland-first research project that will help physiotherapists provide consistent high-quality management for people with spinal cord injuries (SCI) The project, Physiotherapy Clinical Practice Guidelines for People with Spinal Cord Injury (Queensland component), is part of a wider initiative that will provide Queensland clinical experts with the […]

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