Yearly Archives: 2020
UBC researchers seek participants for spinal cord injury study
Chronic pain is a common and often debilitating problem that can significantly impact function and quality of life for patients with spinal cord injury.
To...
Persons With Disabilities Discounts Guide: The Ultimate List of Stores & Services
The Dealhack Persons With Disabilities Discounts Guide is a list of stores and brands that offer discounts for persons with psychological, psychiatric, or cognitive disabilities....
Quadriplegics Answer Web’s Most Searched Questions on Paralysis
https://youtu.be/ibGe2ehnhWA
Jenny and Abby answer some of the webs most asked questions for people living with paralysis (specifically quadriplegia)!
With years of experience, they answer...
ReNetX Bio Receives Fast Track Designation From U.S. FDA
Potential First-in-Class Therapy for Chronic Spinal Cord Injury
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ReNetX Bio announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug...
Baclofen Pumps Are Safe, Effective, and Highly Satisfactory to Patients, 19-year Study Reports
Implanting an infusion pump that continuously delivers the muscle relaxant baclofen to the spinal canal is a safe and effective treatment for muscle stiffness...
Robotic Trunk Support Assists Those with Spinal Cord Injury
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu_rLnt4W6k
Columbia engineers invent a robotic trunk-support-trainer to retrain patients with spinal cord injury to sit more stably and gain an expanded active sitting workspace
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