Tag: Functional Electrical Stimulation
Rise above Tour brings message of hope
Tour stop focuses on spinal cord injury awareness and rehab
This week a message of hope rolled through the state.
The Rise Above Tour, a cross-country...
Blackwell continues pursuit of dream to walk again
Three years have passed since Tara Blackwell had her life altered in a split-second of tragedy.
She has clung to hope. She has been fueled...
Gene map charts spinal cord mysteries
SEATTLE - A new online atlas that links mouse genes to spinal cord function should point researchers toward new treatments for maladies that affect...
Got your bars down?
Anti Tip Bars that is!
Craig Hospital has been rated every year in the Top Ten Rehabilitation Hospitals by US News and World Report since...
Lab boost for spinal injury rehab
A chemical used by bacteria to invade other cells may boost the chance of successful Rehabilitation from spinal and brain injury, research suggests.
A team...
Stem-cell tourism troubles experts
In February, Marcela DeVivo took her baby son to the Dominican Republic and paid $30,000 to have him injected with blood stem cells from...
ADRL Donates $60,000 in Tickets to Help Children
O’FALLON, Mo. -- The Flowmaster American Drag Racing League (ADRL) presented by the National Guard has donated $60,000 worth of tickets for its July...
A surgeon’s struggle to regain his life and career
Accident paralyzed his body but not the love for his work
Sweat soaked his Aggie baseball cap as Eugene Alford lurched upright over the parallel...
Device puts steering at the tip of the tongue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new device that uses a tiny magnet can help disabled people steer a wheelchair or operate a computer using only...
Spinal cord injury no bar to parenthood
But resources are few, mother's study finds
Anita Kaiser always wanted to be a mother. That dream didn't change following the 1996 car crash that...
