Monthly Archives: October 2019
UofL faculty develop and license specialized treadmill for children with spinal cord injuries
Medicine, engineering work together to build custom tool for successful therapy
Children with spinal cord injuries have experienced remarkable results in recovery at the University...
Repairing a highway: how can we fix spinal cord injury?
The functional sophistication of the spinal cord can have devastating consequences. Will modern scientific developments replicate its functions?
The “central nervous system” delicately orchestrates the...
New Biomaterial Developed That Could Be a Treatment for Spinal Cord Injuries
Polymerized estrogen shown to protect nervous system cells. Research could enable improved treatment of spinal cord injuries.
Spinal cord damage that causes paralysis and reduced...
Accessible Hunter
Information regarding hunting/outdoor recreation with a significant disability. Using adaptive equipment to enable and empower individuals in the great outdoors. Together we are able...
The long road of recovery after spinal cord damage
U.S. Department of Defense awards $800,000 to Case Western Reserve for spinal cord injury research
People who live with spinal injuries often say that the...
Drone gives paralysed former surfer a new perspective on life
"It is the little things – the sound of the lapping of water against the bottom of his board and seeing the beach from...
Neuroprosthetic Enables Tetraplegic Patient to Walk
A tetraplegic is one who has suffered partial or total loss of use of all four limbs and torso.
Each year, it is estimated that...
The new Gods of esports are paralyzed from the neck down
Players with quadriplegia are using neuroscience and video games to take on the world.
On a mostly sunny July afternoon in 2014, Chris Scott jumped...
Accessible Hunter creator inspires others to get back into the woods
It was, for Greg Traynor, a moment of revelation.
It was autumn, his favorite time of year. And he was in the woods, archery hunting,...
Kansas man creating custom Halloween costumes for kids in wheelchairs
OLATHE, Kan. (KAKE) -A Kansas nonprofit is again going above and beyond for kids in wheelchairs this Halloween by creating custom costumes.WDAF reports Walkin'...
