Monthly Archives: August 2013
180 Medical Announces 2013 Scholarship Recipients
180 Medical recently announced the 2013 recipients of the 180 Medical Scholarships, developed to honor young adults with spinal cord injuries, spina bifida, transverse...
Osteoporosis and Fractures in Persons with SCI: What, Why, and How to Manage
By Jelena Svircev, MD, Assistant Professor at the University of Washington in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and staff physician at the Spinal Cord...
Push to Walk to Attend Working 2 Walk Symposium
Push to Walk staff will attend and sponsor the Working 2 Walk Science & Advocacy Symposium in Boston, Massachusetts on September 27 and 28,...
Novel stimulation therapy brings cure for spinal cord injuries closer to reality
Washington, August 26 (ANI): Researchers have discovered a new technique called Biphasic Electrical stimulation (BES), a non-chemical procedure, that they believe can be used...
Foundation keeps memories alive of casino founder who excelled after accident
Craig Neilsen spent parts of three decades building Ameristar Casinos, Inc., the majority of which was accomplished after he was rendered a quadriplegic in...
Blind Adventurer Pushes New Frontier of Science
Mark Pollock: stepping forward for those with spinal injuries
Technology is playing a huge part in increasing Irishman Marks Pollock’s chances of recovery from...
Bride-to-be perseveres to walk down aisle after spinal-cord injury
Just like any other bride, Alissa Boyle finds herself immersed in
wedding plans leading up to her Sept. 7 exchange of vows with Nathan Grimes...
Adaptive Innovation
Adaptive Innovation is a social enterprise that creates unique equipment for people with a disability.
Our focus is on improving quality of life, by designing...
Motorised Mouth Painting Easel
http://youtu.be/DDmnjxWeU70
Adaptive Innovation's motorised mouth painting easel allows someone with a disability such as quadriplegia to paint independently, by removing a number of the physical...
Robotic exoskeleton helps some patients walk again
SALT LAKE CITY – Technology is helping a few people who are paralyzed walk again, and a young woman from Utah is among the...