Tag: Medical Technology
Delta Regional Takes Giant Step Toward Limb Rehabilitation
Breakthrough Technology Benefits Stroke and Neurological Patients
GREENVILLE — By helping stroke victims regain hand control and grasp objects, they can now master tasks once...
Satisfaction with technological equipment in individuals with tetraplegia following spinal cord injury
OBJECTIVE: To measure the acquisition, use and satisfaction with high technology equipment by spinal cord injured tetraplegic subjects. DESIGN AND SETTING: A questionnaire was...
A spine-tingling new frontier
One Sydney scientist likens it to the lunar mission; a potentially great but risky step forward. For some people with spinal cord injury -...
InVivo nears human trials of spine-injury treatment
Spinal cord injury treatment maker InVivo Therapeutics Corp. has successfully wrapped up preliminary primate studies and is now looking to secure funds to go...
Beyond disabilities
Interacting with people who use mobility aids
Probably the most recognisable form of Disability is physical. Yes, it is absolutely true! People using crutches, a...
Obama policy a lift for stem cell researchers
Stem cell research advocates have waited nearly eight years for the policy change President-elect Barack Obama has signaled he'll make in the early days...
Thankful for 50 more years
Thrill-Seeker Has Led ‘Wonderfully Fulfilling Life’ Since Accident
VIENNA, Va. - At 67, Sharon Hovey says she is ready to settle down.
An Ashville native and...
Spinal Cord Repair Researcher Nets $150,000 Award
When they were 15, Tim O'Shea and his friend Ben Harvey were keen rugby players. But a week before his sixteenth birthday Ben was...
Kelly Brush Foundation Awards Ski Racing Safety Grants
BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Just as ski resorts are opening for the season, the Kelly Brush Foundation kicked off its 2008/2009 Ski...
Nanotechnology for Spinal Cord Injury
A cure for spinal injuries that leave people paralyzed, currently incurable, is being developed by Researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago. They are looking...
