Yearly Archives: 2016
Paralyzed Veterans of America Announces New Partnership With the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans) announced April 11, 2016, its new partnership with the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation (Reeve Foundation). The organizations...
Discovery in roundworms may one day help humans with spinal cord injury and paralysis
A newly discovered pathway leading to the regeneration of central nervous system (CNS) brain cells (neurons) in a type of roundworm (C. elegans) sheds...
RibGrips Wheelchair Handrims
Go Power - More distance per push Stop Power - On a dime
A wheelchair handrim designed by a quadriplegic veteran, RibGrips are perfect for...
5 Things to Know About Spinal Cord Injury
A spinal cord injury can be a life-altering event for the person who sustains it as well as for their loved ones. Given the...
Device helps paralyzed patients operate laptop with their eyes
The movement of limbs comes so fluidly and effortlessly for many of us that it is easy to take for granted. But those who...
Autonomic Dysreflexia is a life threatening condition
Autonomic Dysreflexia is a life threatening condition that can cause death.
The most common causes of Autonomic Dysreflexia are bladder and bowel distension.
Signs and Symptoms:...
Ekso GT™ Robotic Exoskeleton Cleared by FDA for Use With Stroke and Spinal Cord...
First robotic exoskeleton cleared for use with stroke and spinal cord injury levels to C7
RICHMOND, Calif., April 04, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ekso Bionics...
Quadriplegic Jaimen Hudson’s soaring success
Left a quadriplegic by an accident at the age of 17, Jaimen Hudson never said die. Instead, he found a way to soar –...
Sea Lamprey A Model For Nerve Regeneration
At last week’s Science Before Supper, a lecture series about science for non-scientists at the Falmouth Public Library, Jennifer Morgan from Marine Biological Laboratory,...
Wings for Life World Run Ambassador Eric LeGrand: A Work of Art
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdOEhWFJN_s
Former Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand was paralyzed in an October 16, 2010 college football game, fracturing his C-3 and C-4 vertebrae. Since then,...
