Yearly Archives: 2018
Could nose cells treat spinal cord injuries?
Scientists developing robust method to treat spinal cord injuries using nose cells
Researchers have designed a new way to grow nose cells in the lab...
Hand Function after Spinal Cord Injury
https://youtu.be/nGU3dAMlXCg
Learn how three people with tetraplegia (quadriplegia) have improved their hand function and increased their independence through a combination of techniques, exercises and tools....
Created Line of Spinal Cord Neural Stem Cells Shows Diverse Promise
Derived from human pluripotent stem cells, these diverse cells advance disease modeling and may provide new, scalable source of replacement cells for spinal cord...
Man now works at same hospital that treated him after his spine injury
A man who rehabilitated from a spinal cord injury at Craig Hospital now works there and is giving back to others.
Christopher Luna grew...
Learning to breathe, learning to move forward, learning to survive: The Billy Keenan story
Quadriplegic turned inspirational speaker: “When you’re faced with adversity, you have two basic choices. Curse the darkness or light a candle.”
Billy Keenan said he...
Access Trax – Beach Trax Portable Temporary Wheelchair Pathway
Beach Trax is a lightweight, foldable temporary pathway designed to increase access for wheelchair users over uneven terrain such as sand, gravel, dirt, or...
Resources to support safer bowel care for patients at risk of autonomic dysreflexia
Patients with spinal cord injury or neurological conditions may have neurogenic bowel dysfunction, which often means they depend on routine interventional bowel care, including...
Paralyzed Mice Walk Following Drug Therapy
Spinal cord injury (SCI) commonly results in paralysis from the injury site down, even when the spinal cord hasn’t been severed completely. The remaining...
Using tendon transfer surgery to restore key functions in spinal cord injury patient
https://youtu.be/MsVWs49cyhM
After suffering a severe cervical spinal cord injury from a bad fall at work, Scott McConnell had little function remaining in his hands and...
Heriot-Watt study says mind matters for spinal patients
People could recover from spinal injury more quickly if rehabilitation focused on their perception of the world around them, scientists have said.
A study carried...
