Tag: Functional Electrical Stimulation
Robotic device helps stroke patients, study finds
American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Robotic, Elbow, Brace, Myomo, Woodie Flowers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
An electromyographically controlled robotic elbow brace being developed...
Fighting back one ‘huff and puff’ at a time
It is back to business for Dick Maloney. On April 15, the veteran entertainer and disc jockey returned to the airwaves with his Sentimental...
You can’t slow Annie Hayes down
Annie Hayes has returned to the things she's always done, knowing that they'll never be the same.
Hayes, a 44-year-old from Pittsfield, has been...
Neurostimulation Comes of Age
Millions of people worldwide live active lives, thanks to implanted pacemakers that deliver electrical impulses to restore normal function to the heart. Now, electrical...
Paralyzed man lashes out at Pacman
DENVER (AP) - Tommy Urbanski fidgets in his electronic wheelchair, trying to find a comfortable position.
No luck. The pain just shifts.
Urbanski, paralyzed from an...
He’s come back from the depths
Ensenada — THE marathon swimmer churned a solitary path through the chilly current, his wave-sculpted shoulders and arms dragging his lifeless legs through the...
New weapon in battle on bed sores
Paralysed from a spinal cord injury, Peter Jones tried to cope with excruciating pressure sores by treating himself with vitamins.
What he and his wife,...
Marsupial Genome Sequence to Advance Human Health Studies
Newswise — Being announced this week in the journal Nature is the sequencing of the genome of the gray, short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica, an...
United Spinal Association Test Rides Standard Taxi
Terence J. Moakley, director of the United Spinal Association's Taxis For All- North America project, reversed his wheelchair into the Standard Taxi prototype, the...
Former clinic surgeon sues ex-employer
MADISON - Was a former Marshfield Clinic neurosurgeon an overly aggressive practitioner whose zeal to heal resulted in unnecessary and risky surgeries, or did...
