Tag: Functional Electrical Stimulation
After spinal cord injury – getting muscles to respond
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (USA)--When someone's spinal cord is completely severed, brain signals can no longer reach the legs to tell the legs to walk.
A...
The Kresge Foundation Awards Jewish a $1.5 Million Challenge Grant for Frazier Rehab
Louisville, KY… The Kresge Foundation has awarded Jewish Hospital HealthCare Services (JHHS) a $1.5 million challenge grant to aid in the completion of Frazier...
My Personal Thoughts on Sex and Dating
At the age of twenty when I first had my injury, like most men I was very concerned about my sex life. I had...
The best move of my life
I finished college in May of 1990 just three years after my injury. That summer was spent trying to figure out what I was...
Grace
Gracefulness or lack there of is not limited to the general population. There was a joke I heard long before I was in wheelchair...
Axon Growth and Guidance
Currently, an important question in spinal cord repair is how to influence nerve fibers to regenerate across long distances and make meaningful connections. During...
Pediatric cervical spine injuries: avoiding potential disaster.
Although Cervical spine injuries (CSIs) are uncommon in children, a missed or delayed diagnosis may have devastating consequences for the patient. A thorough understanding...
Exercise therapy gives student hope
MUNCIE, Ind. -- Chrissy Parker laboriously drags one leg in front of the other, the top of her blue adidas gym shoe skidding across...
Jim Silcock
I want to share with you a little bit about my husband and our family. I think that my husband is truly an...
Steroids May Reverse Loss Of Substance Tied To Nervous System Disease
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Steroids help to reduce inflammation, but University of Illinois scientists suggest they also could be used to reverse a loss of...
