Tag: Physical Rehabilitation
With Tiny Brain Implants, Just Thinking May Make It So
Can a machine read a person's mind? A medical device company is about to find out.
The company, Cyberkinetics Inc., plans to implant a tiny...
Treading new paths for neurotrauma rehab
Inside UVic's Motor control research lab, investigations into such commonplace activities as walking is revealing secrets about the nervous system that may one day...
Teen crash victim heads home from rehab
Samantha Bitterman, a Churchville-Chili High School senior severely injured in a car crash in October, left a Chicago Rehabilitation hospital today and returned to...
Rehabilitation Process of Persons With Spinal Cord Injury
Rehabilitation Process of Persons With Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal cord injury (SCI) can occur at any time to any individual. Acute SCI is an...
Paraplegic from Spain is making strides in therapy here
Oscar Segovia pedaled a stationary bike in a crowded gym. He'd already done some stretching and gone for a short walk. After lunch, he...
New Wheelchair Climbs Stairs
CHICAGO (CBS 2) Imagine a paralyzed person being able to reach something from the top shelf at a grocery store without help or climbing...
Clinical Research Opportunities
Miami Project scientists' Mark S. Nash, Ph.D. and Edelle Field-Fote, Ph.D., PT were recently awarded funding as part of a multi-center grant from the...
New Acute Injury Unit At Groote Schuur
The transfer of the acute spinal cord injury unit from Conradie Hospital to Groote Schuur promises better service delivery to both patients and staff.
Western...
ACUTE MANAGEMENT
The emergency medical care system is the patient's point of entry into the medical care system. The goal during this period is for...
A limit, not an end
A local spinal cord injury group forms for networking, information sharing.
Pat York always knew he had a bad vertebra and that it could someday...
