Tag: Functional Electrical Stimulation
Scientist Hopes For Stem Cell Success
(CBS) If paralyzed people are ever going to walk again, it might be because of the scientist in this story. His name is Dr....
Murderball Nominated for an Academy Award
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Murderball also took the Audience Award for an American Documentary and a Special Jury Prize...
Geron wants to test stem-cell spinal cord treatment in humans
Scientists have made stunning progress helping paralyzed rats and mice walk again by injecting them with stem cells. Now researchers at Geron of Menlo...
The Lance Armstrong Foundation Supports the Missouri Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative
The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF), which in November joined with dozens of other patient advocacy groups as a member of the Missouri Coalition for...
Through new therapy, some partially paralyzed patients approach walking
DALLAS — It takes a body harness, a sophisticated exoskeleton and a quarter-million-dollar treadmill, but Albert Pruitt walks.
Pruitt, who has been partially paralyzed since...
Hoping to walk again
WILLIAMSPORT -- Robin Larson had just turned 20 when he and his buddies decided to play water tag in a pond. He dived in,...
Paralyzed football player making strides
Nat Little gently wraps his arms around Tamela Johnston and squeezes with all the strength he can muster.
"Good," the personal trainer tells him. "It's...
New hope for spinal cord injury patients
ISLAMABAD: Tiny nerves taken from the rib cage, fortified with a powerful growth inducer and transplanted in the spinal cord significantly reversed paralysis in...
AGGRESSIVE PHYSICAL REHABILITATION
In recent years, a variety of aggressive physical Rehabilitation programs have emerged that seem to restore significant function for many people after spinal cord...
Wheelchair-bound, Utley stands tall
DETROIT -- If you were looking for the most meaningful story of Super Bowl week, it wasn't at the NFL's annual Media Day extravaganza...
