{"id":3872,"date":"2016-05-11T13:44:50","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T17:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.229.122.34\/en\/?p=3872"},"modified":"2021-02-17T11:20:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T16:20:18","slug":"out-of-this-world-research-could-help-rehabilitation-patients-in-ottawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/uncategorized\/out-of-this-world-research-could-help-rehabilitation-patients-in-ottawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Out-of-this-world research could help rehabilitation patients in Ottawa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Entrepreneur Raymond Nicholas spent three months in a hospital bed and another three learning how to walk again. His doctor Dr. Guy Trudel is studying astronauts\u2019 health in space, which he hopes will lead to faster rehabilitation for patients like Nicholas.<\/em><\/p>\n

After an infection from a blocked bowel left him fighting for his life, 36-year old Raymond Nicholas spent three months in an ICU bed, muscles throughout his body weakening to the point where he could barely feed himself. For an active father used to playing football and working 10-hour days installing alarms and home communication systems, learning how to catch a ball and walk again was a challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cEmotionally, it\u2019s very hard. It\u2019s hard to see my daughter look at me a bit differently,\u201d said Nicholas. \u201cWe always did a lot of outdoors stuff together, fishing, hunting, walks with the dogs. My main goal is to coach my daughter\u2019s ball team again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nicholas was surprised to learn that his long time in bed means he now has something in common with astronauts\u2014their muscles and bones often weaken after long flights because of the lack of forces acting on them in space.<\/p>\n

Nicholas\u2019 physiatrist, a doctor who specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation, Dr. Guy Trudel, is the principal investigator studying 10 astronauts over the course of their six-month missions as well as the year after they return. He hopes to better understand how living in space affects their bone marrow health and how it recovers after returning to Earth.<\/p>\n

Funded by the Canadian Space Agency<\/a>, Dr. Trudel\u2019s study would not only help astronauts  prepare for longer missions in space, but could also be applied to patients on Earth who are bedridden for long periods like Nicholas.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith basic research, it takes a long time to see the results of your efforts. On the other hand, caring for patients as a physician provides immediate results,\u201d said Dr. Guy Trudel, physiatrist at The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre and a Professor at the University of Ottawa. \u201cIt is a privilege to combine both the medical practice and scientific investigation in every normal work week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once Nicholas became independent with his mobility at the Rehabilitation Centre, he returned home to his daughter and family. Dr. Trudel expects him to continue his recovery in the coming months. In the meantime, Nicholas will be following Dr. Trudel\u2019s astronaut research with interest.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never knew they came back in the same condition as me,\u201d said Nicholas. \u201cIt gives you something to look up to.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information about Dr. Trudel\u2019s MARROW project, see the Canadian Space Agency\u2019s video<\/a>, Tabaret<\/em><\/a>, and NASA\u2019s video<\/a> and article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Entrepreneur Raymond Nicholas spent three months in a hospital bed and another three learning how to walk again. His doctor Dr. Guy Trudel is studying astronauts\u2019 health in space, which he hopes will lead to faster rehabilitation for patients like Nicholas. After an infection from a blocked bowel left him fighting for his life, 36-year […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":3873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}