United Spinal Association Celebrates Its 75th Anniversary
Building An Inclusive World that Empowers People with Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders in Reaching Their Full Potential
United Spinal Association has reached a historic...
Quad Gods: The world-class gamers who play with their mouths
Chris Scott was falling towards the ground above Long Island, New York, when he realised that something was wrong.
An experienced skydiving instructor with around...
Neuroprosthetic device maintains blood pressure after spinal cord injury
The inability to maintain blood pressure is a debilitating consequence of spinal cord injury. This problem has now been circumvented, by artificially recreating a...
Brain Implants and Wearables Let Paralyzed People Move Again
A “neural bypass” routes signals around the damaged spinal cord, potentially restoring both movement and sensation
In 2015, a group of neuroscientists and engineers assembled...
Designer protein makes paralyzed mice walk again
Using gene therapy, a research team has succeeded for the first time in getting mice to walk again after a complete cross-sectional injury. The...
New treatment allows some people with spinal cord injury to regain hand and arm...
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Almost 18,000 Americans experience traumatic spinal cord injuries every year. Many of these people are unable to...
Brain May Age Faster After Spinal Cord Injury
TUESDAY, Jan. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A new study supports the theory that people who suffer a spinal cord injury may also have...
Scientists Explore Deficits in Processing Speed in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury
Research team finds persons with spinal cord injury and older healthy individuals have similar brain activation during processing speed tasks. Findings support the theory...
Spinal Cord Injury Podcasts You Should Follow
Spinal Cord Injury Podcasts
15 Podcasts that focus on spinal cord injury related topics by people with spinal cord injuries.
1. U2FP CureCast
U2FP CureCast United States...
A quadriplegic patient used prosthetics to feed himself. His brain was the guide
Here's a look at the work at the intersection of brain-computer interface, robotics and AI taking place at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.
When there’s...
