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The SCI Guide offers educational and research information relevant to persons with SCI, their families, and others of interest. The data are not represented to be error free. Notwithstanding any language to the contrary, nothing in the site is or is intended to be an offer, inducement, promise, or contract of any kind.

Endorsement Disclaimer — Links to Other Sites

Any links to non-SCI Guide information are provided as a courtesy. They are not intended to constitute, nor do they constitute, an endorsement of the linked materials by the NERSCIC at Boston Medical Center. These "outside" sites are not managed by NERCSIC, and therefore BMC and the NERCSIC Model SCI System do not control or take responsibility for their content. Neither BMC nor the NERCSIC Model SCI System endorses or advocates the information or products posted to this site and receive payment or any other consideration for providing these links.

Medical Disclaimer

Materials in the SCI Guide represent the opinions of our Review Team and other participants and are intended as a supplement to, and not as a substitute for, the advice of your healthcare providers. Should any questions arise, always ask your physician or healthcare provider to ask how information you find here may or may not apply to your unique clinical situation or overall health. Always seek the advice of your physician prior to starting or changing any medical treatment.

Warranty Disclaimers

Users are solely responsible for determining whether the information provided is suitable for their purposes, and reliance on the information is at the users' sole risk. BMC and NERCSIC

do not authorize the infringement of any intellectual property rights contained in material in other sites by linking this site to those other sites;
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- the information is free of infection by computer viruses or other contamination;
- the quality or accuracy of any material on sites linked from or to this site;
- that material on other web sites to which this site is linked does not infringe the intellectual property rights of others;
- the suitability of the information for any particular purpose.

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Reproduction and Link Requirements

Individual Use

Individuals may freely copy or print from this site for educational purposes only.

Professional Entities and Organizational Use

No changes can be made to the information content.
Written materials may be copied, printed and given out for patient and staff education and not for resell or profit.
For any dissemination of our materials by an entity (hospital, VA, etc.) please report to us by email the number of patients receiving materials. This allows us to keep track of how our materials are used.
Any partial use of direct information from the SCI Guide must contain appropriate citations and copyright.

Internet Link Requirements

You may link to any page on this web site, but you may not copy information from this web site to be posted on your web site.

The New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center at Boston Medical Center is one of 14 national SCI Model Systems working to maintain and improve a cost-effective, comprehensive service delivery system for people who incur a spinal cord injury. The NERSCIC is supported by grant #H133N0000024 from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Dept of Education, Washington, DC.

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