Monthly Archives: June 2014
Optogenetics enables muscle contraction control
Neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT; Cambridge, MA) have shown that they can control muscle movement by applying optogenetics—a technique that enables...
How one man’s spinal cord injury is still healing 24 years later
“I remember hitting the bottom, being face down, and my entire body getting a tingling feeling like when your foot falls asleep. It was...
Spinal cord injury sufferers live in hope of a medical miracle that could see...
VICTORIAN medical researchers are embarking on a range of exciting trials to improve the lives of people with quadriplegia and prevent the severity of...
Exercise brings hope to those paralysed by spinal injuries
Exercise therapy research at the University of Newcastle has brought profound improvements to limbs that were paralysed, doctors say.
The award-winning laboratory research is bringing...
Device Lets Brain Move Paralyzed Limbs
For the first time ever, a paralyzed man can move his fingers and hand with his own thoughts thanks to an innovative partnership between...
Solving the Beauty Equation: Wendy Crawford at TEDxTraverseCity 2014
http://youtu.be/0jBORe2vMxs
Wendy is an advocate who utilizes her connection to the fashion industry to develop unique endeavors that raise awareness for women with physical challenges.
Driving...
How aging can intensify damage of spinal cord injury
Study in mice suggests immune cells fail to activate key messenger needed for repair
COLUMBUS, Ohio – In the complex environment of a spinal cord...
H-Reflex Device: Improve Locomotion by Changing Spinal Cord Pathways
Initial human studies of the H-Reflex Device have shown significant improvements in locomotion in spinal cord-injured (SCI) patients. Presented here is the use of...
Enough Of The Doom And Gloom
It is usually pretty hard to remain upbeat when dealing with a new spinal cord injury or other type of paralyzing disability, but I...
New Methods Show Promise for Rehabilitating Paralyzed Patients With Spinal Cord Injury
An array of techniques – some available now and others on the horizon – aim to restore movement and other functions in patients with...
