Yearly Archives: 2019
Hope Grows for Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries
Severe spinal cord injuries (SCIs) -- often called complete injuries by clinicians -- are ones where no readable signal from the brain reaches the...
Paralyzed Patients Regain the Use of Their Hands Thanks to Breakthrough Nerve Surgery in...
Recent surgical trials have bestowed new life on quadriplegics who can now return to activities they never thought they’d be able to do again,...
UofL researchers finding ways to improve lives of spinal cord injury patients
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University of Louisville researchers are finding ways to help those who suffer catastrophic spinal cord injuries battle other health problems related to their injury.
One...
Innovative watercraft, ski systems give those with spinal cord injuries freedom
EAST CANYON RESERVOIR — Like any sailor, Derek Sundquist soaked in the sights, smells and sensations of sailing on a breezy, sunny summer morning.
But...
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
The Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System (NWRSCIS) is a regional center of spinal cord injury care, research and education in the Department of...
On and off the field, Nick Buoniconti made a difference
Yes, Nick Buoniconti was a famous football player. He was a member of the Miami Dolphins’ “Perfect Season” and Super Bowl championship teams. He...
Spinal cord injury Veterans can now effectively cough
Researchers restore complete respiratory muscle function
VA doctors are among a team of researchers at the Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation Center restoring respiratory muscle function...
How a revolutionary technique got people with spinal-cord injuries back on their feet
Electrical stimulation has promised huge gains for people with paralysis. Now comes the hard part — getting beyond those first steps.
Rob Summers was flat...
Google Nest Partners with the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation to Improve Independence for...
Google Nest provides up to 100,000 free Google Home Minis to the Reeve Foundation to foster freedom at home across the paralysis community through...
Nanoparticles promote functional healing following spinal cord injury
Novel approach also shows promise for autoimmune diseases
Paralyzing damage in spinal cord injury (SCI) is often caused by the zealous immune response to the...
