Tag: Functional Electrical Stimulation
A case reopened as murder
Matthew R. Nagle was stabbed in the neck on July 3, 2001, and spent the last six years of his life in a wheelchair....
Unstoppable
Justin Cochran may be disabled from the neck down, but that has not stopped him from skydiving, parasailing, hiking or organizing a golf tournament.
The...
New report shows locomotor training restores walking function in child with spinal cord injury
Central Nervous System may be retrained, report led by Physical Therapist shows
ALEXANDRIA, VA (June 4, 2008)—A new report shows that a non-ambulatory (unable to...
Varied therapies for spinal cord injury
There is no cure for a spinal cord injury, but much headway has been made in clinical research that could lead to one. Other...
Quick Decompression Aids Spinal Injury Recovery
(HealthDay News) -- Patients having decompression surgery within 24 hours of a Cervical spinal cord injury may have a better outcome than those who...
The Quest for a Cure: Paving the Way in Paraplegic Research
World's Leading Spinal Cord Scientists Meet in Salzburg, Austria
SANTA MONICA, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Apr 28, 2008 -- The foremost spinal cord injury researchers from the U.S....
Spinal cord injury victims get support
Lena Schoemaker has always been an athlete. She played varsity basketball and softball and ran cross country at West High. A big part of...
Gel Enables Severed Spinal Cord Fibers to Regrow
April 10 (HealthDay News) -- A nano-engineered gel that inhibits the formation of scar tissue at the site of a spinal injury and enables...
Gymnasium is fit for people with disability
A COMMUNITY-based gymnasium for people with a physical Disability has started in Sutherland Shire.
The Burn Rubber Burn centre is an initiative of the NSW...
Experimental Russian stem cell treatments for spinal injury credited for woman’s progress
When Kadi DeHaan took her first steps in December, two years after a car accident forced her into a wheelchair, she did it in...
