Spinal Cord Injury Center

Opening hours and contact information

Spinal Cord Injury Outpatient Clinic

Visiting address

Synapsia building

Nordenskiöldinkatu 18 B, 1st floor

Helsinki

Postal address

P.O. Box 350

00029 HUS

Email (only cancelling of a booked appointment): fysiatria.selkaydinvammapoliklinikka@hus.fi

Ward for Demanding Rehabilitation

Visiting address

Synapsia building

Nordenskiöldinkatu 18 B, 3rd floor

Helsinki

Postal address

P.O. Box 350

00029 HUS

Ward Secretary

09 471 71229

Office

09 471 71230

In the Spinal Cord Injury Center at the Synapsia building, we treat patients with spinal cord injuries.

The Spinal Cord Injury Center houses the Ward for Demanding Rehabilitation and the Spinal Cord Injury Outpatient Clinic. We also offer occupational therapy in the unit.

We are responsible for the life-long monitoring of persons with spinal cord injuries after the acute-phase treatment and immediate rehabilitation in the HUS Specific Catchment Area. We also monitor patients with spinal cord injuries for the rest of their lives. HUS Spinal Cord Injury Outpatient Clinic is one of the three centers in Finland (HUS, TAYS, OYS) where the special level of treatment, rehabilitation, and life-long follow-up of people with spinal cord injuries has been centralized by Government decree (336/2011).

Our multidisciplinary working group consists of a physiatrist, nurse, rehabilitation instructor, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, and a social worker. Our experts work together with experts from different fields. We cooperate on assessing a patient’s functional capacity and mobility, health, mental and social situation, and on evaluating the need for medical and professional rehabilitation and assistive equipment. We function as the coordinating unit for the treatment of a spinal cord injury patient.