PUBLICATIONS
CravenLAB produces numerous papers and important research
Below is a collection of some of their most significant work
CARDIOMETABOLIC
Craven BC, Souza WH, Jaglal S, Gibbs J, Wiest MJ, Sweet SN, et al. Reducing endocrine metabolic disease risk in adults with chronic spinal cord injury: strategic activities conducted by the Ontario-Quebec RIISC team. Disabil Rehabil. 2023:1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2023.2284223
Amiri M, Kangatharan S, Brisbois L, Farahani F, Khasiyeva N, Burley M, et al. Developing and Evaluating Data Infrastructure and Implementation Tools to Support Cardiometabolic Disease Indicator Data Collection. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation. 2023;29(suppl):124-41. https://doi.org/10.46292/sci23-00018S
Gibbs JC, Patsakos EM, Maltais DB, Wolfe DL, Gagnon DH, Craven BC. Rehabilitation interventions to modify endocrine-metabolic disease risk in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury living in the community (RIISC): A systematic search and review of prospective cohort and case-control studies. J Spinal Cord Med. 2023;46(1):6-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2020.1863898
Wiest MJ, West C, Ditor D, et al. Development of Cardiometabolic Health indicators to advance the quality of spinal cord injury rehabilitation: SCI-High Project. J Spinal Cord Med. 2019;42(sup1):166-175. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2019.1613322
Omidvar M, Alavinia SM, Craven BC. The effects of whole body vibration therapy on reducing fat mass in the adult general population: A systematic review and meta-analyses. J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact. 2019;19(4):455-464. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6944803/
Krassioukov AV, Currie KD, Hubli M, et al. Effects of exercise interventions on cardiovascular health in individuals with chronic, motor complete spinal cord injury: protocol for a randomised controlled trial [Cardiovascular Health/Outcomes: Improvements Created by Exercise and education in SCI (CHOICES) Study]. BMJ Open. 2019;9(1):e023540-e023540. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023540
Alavinia SM, Omidvar M, Craven BC. Does whole body vibration therapy assist in reducing fat mass or treating obesity in healthy overweight and obese adults? A systematic review and meta-analyses. Disabil Rehabil. 2019:1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2019.1688871
El-Kotob R, Craven BC, Mathur S, et al. Assessing Heart Rate Variability As a Surrogate Measure of Cardiac Autonomic Function in Chronic Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation. 2018;24(1):28-36. https://doi.org/10.1310/sci17-00002
Chopra AS, Miyatani M, Craven BC. Cardiovascular disease risk in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury: Prevalence of untreated risk factors and poor adherence to treatment guidelines. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 2018;41(1):2-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2016.1140390
Shojaei MH, Alavinia SM, Craven BC. Management of obesity after spinal cord injury: a systematic review. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 2017;40(6):783-794. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2017.1370207
Miyatani M, Alavinia SM, Szeto M, Moore C, Craven BC. Association between abnormal arterial stiffness and cardiovascular risk factors in people with chronic spinal cord injury. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 2017;24(5):552-558. https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487316687426
Hoskin JD, Miyatani M, Craven BC. Quality reporting of carotid intima-media thickness methodology Current state of the science in the field of spinal cord injury. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 2017:1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2017.1301622
Gibbs JC, Gagnon DH, Bergquist AJ, et al. Rehabilitation Interventions to modify endocrine-metabolic disease risk in Individuals with chronic Spinal cord injury living in the Community (RIISC): A systematic review and scoping perspective. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 2017;40(6):733-747. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2017.1350341
de Zepetnek JOT, Miyatani M, Szeto M, Giangregorio LM, Craven BC. The effects of whole body vibration on pulse wave velocity in men with chronic spinal cord injury. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 2017;40(6):795-802. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2017.1369248
Dance DL, Chopra A, Campbell K, Ditor DS, Hassouna M, Craven BC. Exploring daily blood pressure fluctuations and cardiovascular risk among individuals with motor complete spinal cord injury: a pilot study. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 2017;40(4):405-414. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2016.1236161
Pelletier CA, Miyatani M, Giangregorio L, Craven BC. Sarcopenic Obesity in Adults With Spinal Cord Injury: A Cross-Sectional Study. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2016;97(11):1931-1937. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2016.04.026
Miyatani M, Szeto M, Moore C, Oh PI, McGillivray CF, Craven BC. Exploring the associations between arterial stiffness and spinal cord impairment: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 2014;37(5):556-564. https://doi.org/10.1179/2045772314y.0000000261
Miyatani M, Masani K, Moore C, Szato M, Oh P, Craven C. Test-retest reliability of pulse wave velocity in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 2012;35(5):400-405. https://doi.org/10.1179/2045772312y.0000000042
Miyatani M, Masani K, Oh PI, Miyachi M, Popovic MR, Craven BC. Pulse wave velocity for assessment of arterial stiffness among people with spinal cord injury: A pilot study. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 2009;32(1):72-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2009.11760755
Craven B. C-reactive protein in adults with chronic spinal cord injury: Increased chronic inflammation in tetraplegia vs paraplegia. Spinal Cord. 2008. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18414426/
Craven B. Current coronary heart disease risk assessment tools may underestimate risk in community-dwelling persons with chronic spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord. 2008. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18332887/
Ditor DS, Hamilton S, Tarnopolsky MA, et al. Na+, K+-ATPase concentration and fiber type distribution after spinal cord injury. Muscle & Nerve. 2004;29(1):38-45. https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.10534