Yearly Archives: 2010
Findings offer potential significance to the recovery of walking after spinal cord injury
Researchers at the medical university Karolinska Institutet have created a genetically modified mouse in which certain neurons can be activated by blue light. Shining...
First U.S. Stem Cells Transplanted into Spinal Cord
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- For the first time in the United States, stem cells have been directly injected into the spinal cord of a...
Bioness on A Current Affairs News
An electrifying breakthrough that brings real hope to people whove suffered catastrophic injury.
Underwater treadmills provide cutting-edge spinal cord injury rehab
Physical therapist Sandra Stevens first explored the use of underwater treadmills at Middle Tennessee State University with children suffering from cerebral palsy. She hypothesized...
What is a spinal cord injury- Finetech Medical
What is a spinal cord injury? This short clip shows what is meant by a spinal cord injury and explains how this can effect the bladder and bowel.
Dad-of-two was left paralysed after he was knocked off his bicycle
Vince Barton's life will never be the same again.
The father-of-two's world was turned upside down when he was hit by a car while cycling...
Paralysed former gymnast insists: I will walk again
A gymnast who was paralysed when a lighting structure fell on her during a party in Qawra is determined that she will walk again.
Indeed,...
You can help the disabled in Haiti
Over the last couple of days, the Reeve Foundation has focused on supporting relief efforts that are directed at the people of Haiti with...
Will Spinal Cord Injuries Fall Through the Cracks in Haiti?
Haiti Needs Spine-Specific Medical Aid, Doctors Say
Medical professionals are concerned that one class of injury -- spinal cord trauma -- may not be getting...
How the Finetech Bladder Control System works
The Finetech Medical Bladder Control System. Used by people with complete spinal cord injury to assist with bladder emptying and bowel voiding without the need for catheters.
