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Respiratory Health and Spinal Cord Injury
The respiratory system changes after spinal cord injury. Learn how those changes may impact health, and how you can better manage your health (La salud respiratoria después de una lesión de la médula espinal)

Sleep Problems and Sleep Apnea in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury
Video from The SCI Forum presentation from the Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System.

Aging with Spinal Cord Injury: Sleep Problems
This is an article from the SCI Update Newsletter published by the Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System (NWRSCIS). (Summer 2010)

Sleep Apnea Syndrome in SCI
This is an article from the SCI Update Newsletter published by the Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System (NWRSCIS). (Winter 2001)

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