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Tag: Frazier Rehab Institute

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...

How UofL spinal cord study is helping one man make strides back to full...

The program was home to someone who went from full traumatic spinal injury, to being able to walk again LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It's one...

UofL researchers report activity-based training improves urinary function after spinal cord injury

Activity-based training has resulted in unexpected benefits for individuals with severe spinal cord injury. Researchers in the Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center at the...

The Doctors Said He’d Never Walk. So His Parents Took Him on a Trip...

Before he was even born, Evander Conroy had a fight on his hands. Evander, four-year-old developed a malignant tumor in his chest cavity while in the womb. The tumor damaged his spine, leaving him, from birth, unable to walk

UofL, Frazier Rehab equipment gives hope to paralyzed children

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —The University of Louisville and Frazier Rehab unveiled new equipment Thursday that's giving hope to children who are paralyzed. It's paving the way for mobility for one little boy who was told, from birth, he would never walk, stand or sit up on his own.

Program teaches paralyzed how to walk – again

An accidental gunshot left Kyle Bartolini paralyzed as a preschooler. But today, he's an active teenager who can get around with crutches or a...

Patients with spinal cord injuries learning to walk again

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —Two men who were told they'd never walk again are defying odds with help from Frazier Rehab. Frazier Rehab is making their mobility...

UofL research shows that patients benefit from spinal cord rehab network, locomotor training

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sept. 5, 2012) — Research studies from teams headed by a University of Louisville/Frazier Rehab Institute neuroscientist published online this week demonstrate...