PENNSYLVANIA, September 22 - 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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