Tag: Equipment
USA Diving accident survivor Brooke Burns helps raise awareness about diving injury prevention
It's a startling fact that as many as 1,000 spinal cord injuries occur each year due to shallow water diving. With swimming pools officially...
Spinal Cord Injury Research Advocate at Keene State College
KEENE, N.H. 4/3/06 - On Wednesday, April 12, Travis Roy, the author of Eleven Seconds: A Story of Tragedy, Courage, and Triumph, will...
Virtual reality helps spinal cord patients gain confidence
Spinal injury patient Bob Jones may be paralyzed and in a wheelchair, but he won't sit still for long. He uses virtual reality technology...
Illinois woman undergoes experimental stem-cell surgery in Portugal
Within weeks of experimental stem-cell surgery Oct. 29 in Portugal, Jacki Rabon - paralyzed from the waist down after an auto accident two years...
ADAPT Kicks Off National Days of Action in Nashville, Tennessee
Hundreds of Disability Rights Activists Blockade Traffic Around the State Capital
Nashville, TN: Nearly sixty people were cited and a half dozen were arrested in...
Web gift widens local girl’s world Web
Usually, Santa Claus arrives Dec. 25. This year, “Santa” took a little extra time to bring a special gift to a deserving young Edmond...
Castaic Paraplegic to Walk Marathon Finish
This morning, for the second year in a row, Castaic resident and Web site designer Marc Richards, paralyzed from the middle of his chest...
Two Different Therapies Show Promise for Some With Partial Spinal Cord Injury
Body weight-supported treadmill training isn't more effective than conventional mobility Rehabilitation for restoring movement to those with partial spinal cord injury, according to a...
OUR VIEW: Superman and a super woman
He was Superman, but by the end of his life he was known as a man of great eloquence and spirit who could not...
Travis Roy to Chat Live on CSTV.com’s “Tuesday @ The Rink”
BOSTON – Former Boston University hockey player Travis Roy will chat live on “Tuesday @ The Rink” presented by CSTV.com and USCHO.com tomorrow, Tuesday,...
