PRINTER'S NO. 1076
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
171
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY TARTAGLIONE, HUGHES, J. WARD, KANE, MARTIN, COSTA,
MUTH, COMITTA, BARTOLOTTA, SCHWANK, FONTANA, STREET, BROOKS,
SCAVELLO, KEARNEY, GORDNER, STEFANO, MENSCH AND CAPPELLETTI,
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of September 2021 as "National Spinal Cord
Injury Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Approximately 17,000 spinal cord injuries occur in
the United States each year; and
WHEREAS, Approximately 294,000 Americans, including 40,000
veterans, have spinal cord injuries; and
WHEREAS, Spinal cord injuries often result in paralysis of
either the lower body, paraplegia, or the upper and lower body,
quadriplegia, and often can cause respiratory illness, sleep
apnea, a form of high blood pressure known as autonomic
dysreflexia, inability to regulate body temperature, chronic
pain and impaired use of bladder, bowel and reproductive organs;
and
WHEREAS, Spinal cord injury may increase an individual's risk
for osteoporosis, obesity, high cholesterol and diabetes, making
physical activity especially important to the physical and
emotional well-being of individuals with spinal cord injuries;
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