PUBLISHED RESEARCH BASED ON THE PHILOSOPHY AND METHODOLOGY OF TED DARDZINSKI
Ted Dardzinski has decades of experience in the physiological, neurological and functional changes relating to spinal cord injuries (SCI). In 1999 he founded Project Walk Spinal Cord Injury Recovery Center (PWSCIR), the first spinal cord injury recovery center in Southern California. Ted is a pioneer in the field of activity-based recovery for SCI. He has thousands of hours working with people who regained function below their level of injury and an intricate understanding of how a new spinal cord injury heals. Over the years there have been many research studies and collaborative efforts with a variety of institutions and hospitals to study the methodology created by Ted, Active Nervous System Recruitment (ANSR), known as The Dardzinski Method. The research projects were conducted on Ted’s pioneering and successful approach to treatment of SCI, but the papers were authored and co-authored by PWSCIR Director of Research and Development, Eric Harness, CSCS. The papers were published in peer-reviewed journals and many were presented at scientific conferences around the world.
It is important to note that these research studies were the first ever conducted and published in scientific and medical journals by a non-medical entity.
Here are some of the research projects/papers based on the methodology created by Ted Dardzinski:
Effects of Intense Exercise in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal Cord, 2008
Efficacy of a New Rehabilitative Device for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2008
Substrate Metabolism during Exercise in the Spinal Cord Injured
Journal of Applied Physiology, 2009
A Tele-Assessment System for Monitoring Treatment Effects in Subjects with Spinal Cord Injury
Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 2010
Acute Energy Cost of Multi-Modal Activity-Based Therapy in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2011
Activity-Based Therapies in Spinal Cord Injury: Clinical Focus and Empirical Evidence in Three Independent Programs
Topics in Spinal Cord injury Rehabilitation, 2012
Effect of Chronic Activity-Based Therapy on Bone Mineral Density and Bone Turnover in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury
Journal of Applied Physiology, 2013
Change in Neuroplasticity-Related Proteins in Response to Acute Activity-Based Therapy in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury
Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, Spring 2014
Effects of Chronic Activity-Based Therapy on Body Composition
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2014