Research Interests
Community involvement; Fatigue; High Tetraplegia; Non-traumatic SCI; Outcome measures; Physical medicine
Dr. Townson’s expertise is in SCI caused by injury to a high level of the spinal cord. This type of SCI causes high tetraplegia — the paralysis of all four limbs — and can also include paralysis of the diaphragm. She also studies ventilator dependency resulting from paralysis of the diaphragm. Spinal cord injuries are often caused by physical trauma; however, Dr. Townson also works with patients with non-traumatic SCI, sometimes caused by cancer, infection, or other disease.