Aging and Spinal Cord Injury (NL0315A)

Course Format

This course is online. All course material is available online and is accessible immediately after purchase from your account homepage. Certificate of Completion is available immediately upon passing the exam.

Course Overview

This course discusses aging with spinal cord injury. We will present changes to physiological systems attributed to a spinal cord injury related to chronological age and the aging process.

Course Objectives

1. Identify and discuss changes to physiological systems that are:
   a. attributed to a spinal cord injury
   b. related to chronological age and the aging process, and
   c. caused as a result of their interaction.


2. Review the social and psychological factors associated with aging with SCI.


3. Discuss the relationship between sleep problems and aging with SCI including:
   a. Physiological factors
   b. Psychological factors, and
   c. Behavioral/environmental factors
   

Course Outline