Yearly Archives: 2018
Nurses’ role in both prevention and treatment of cervical and lumbar injuries
A spinal cord injury is devastating for a patient, their family and their caregivers. Every 44 minutes a person sustains a spinal cord injury...
Dating After Spinal Cord Injury
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This Video Is About Dating After Sci And Some Suggestions For Getting Back Out There.
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Microsoft controller makes gaming more accessible to people with disabilities
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In an inspired moment, Microsoft is unveiling a game controller that enables players with disabilities to play games again. It is part of a...
The 10 Best Cities for Accessibility
Metro DC, Salt Lake City, and Tampa are leading the way in accessibility for housing, public transit, attractions and healthcare.
With Global Accessibility Awareness Day...
‘Blink To Speak’ System for People Suffering from Paralysis
We take our ability to communicate for granted. But there are over 60 million people in the world suffer from spinal cord injuries and brain...
The Risk of Sleep Apnea for Quadriplegics
Not sleeping well? A new study shows more than 70 percent of people with quadriplegia also have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
For many years, the...
David’s Chair opens the way back into the outdoors
Casey Moore’s withered right hand pushes the small joystick that thrusts a special wheelchair down a TouVelle State Park trail, with the chair’s tracks...
Taking Strides Toward Healing Spinal Cord Injuries
Patients with severe spinal cord injury (SCI) often experience chronically low blood pressure that negatively affects their health, their quality of life, and their...
Injuries to spinal cord – treated with hESC therapy: Study
During the past 2 decades, cell-based therapies for SCI have been researched in several studies. Replacement of damaged neural tissues and re-establishing connections between...
Activation of Cervical Spinal Networks Ameliorates Severe Paralysis
A new study suggests that a nonsurgical, noninvasive spinal stimulation procedure can help people with severe spinal cord injury (SCI) regain use of their...
