Tag: Physical Rehabilitation
The UAB Model SCI Center
The UAB Model SCI System conducts research to improve upon and maintain a cost-effective comprehensive service delivery system from the moment of injury across...
Banker injured in Spain moved to Atlanta for treatment
(Charlotte, NC-AP) July 31, 2006 - A Charlotte, North Carolina, banker who suffered a severe spine injury during last month's running of the bulls...
New Israeli patent gets a leg up
For many stroke victims, one of the most debilitating results of their condition is the paralysis of a limb.
For the thousands of Americans who...
Panel OKs spinal injury unit at Zablocki center
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved $32.5 million to build a new spinal cord injury unit at the Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center...
Stem-cell veto called setback for Michigan
President George W. Bush's veto Wednesday of embryonic stem-cell legislation is a big setback for Michigan, one of a handful of states with the...
JRRD tipsheet: Focus on spinal cord injury, gait, stroke, power mobility, and more
JRRD tipsheet: Focus on spinal cord injury, gait, stroke, power mobility, and more
Feasibility of Functional electrical stimulation for control of seated posture after spinal...
Paralyzed Man Thinks Robotic Devices into Motion
PROVIDENCE, R.I., July 12 -- A man paralyzed from the neck down has been trained to control a computer cursor and manipulate robotic prostheses...
Scientists report progress with brain-chip implants
With a tiny electronic chip implanted in the Motor cortex of his brain, a 25-year-old man paralyzed from the neck down for five years...
Surgery offers hope, but price is high
Insurance won't cover operation that could restore function, feeling, normalcy to life
A former Fort Campbell soldier who was deployed to Iraq in 2003...
Tara Blackwell’s ‘next step’
Tara Blackwell has prepared herself the past 12 months for the next six weeks.
All the Physical Therapy. The dedicated effort. The emotional highs and...
