Thursday, March 28, 2024

Tag: London

Adapting to life with a spinal cord injury

Life without pain would be "incredible", says 24-year-old Justin Levene from London. "It would be nice to have a bit of variety." Three years ago, two...

First Mind-Controlled Robotic Leg Put Through Its Paces

A robotic leg prosthesis controlled entirely by brain waves could be a game changer for victims of spinal cord injury With the Paralympics in full...

London 2012 Paralympics: How wheelchair rugby saved my life

When Steve Brown broke his neck it was wheelchair rugby that spurred him on to recovery. Now he’s captain of the sport’s GB Paralympic...

Paralympics: Murderball on wheels

Crash! The sound of metal hitting metal reverberates around the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. Most people only ever visit here if they are unfortunate...

Cords and harmony: UCD prof eyes new way to treat spinal cord injuries

Stephen Davies was lying on a paradisal beach in southern Thailand at 23 when all of a sudden, an overwhelming sense of work ethic...