Tag: Pressure Sores
PROBLEMS PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED ATHLETES FACE
The number of physically impaired athletes, who includes wheelchair athletes, amputees, and athletes with cerebral palsy, visual impaired and intellectually impaired athletes has substantially...
Reports from Spinal Cord Injury Patients- Eight Months after the 2003 Earthquake in Bam,...
American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 86(11):912-917, November 2007.
Raissi, Gholam Reza MD; Mokhtari, Aliakbar PT; Mansouri, Kourosh MD
Abstract: Raissi GR, Mokhtari A, Mansouri...
In poor countries, spinal injury still means death
LONDON (Reuters) - A 6-year-old Palestinian girl may be about to experience at first hand the gulf between care of spinal injuries in the...
Paralysis victim ‘returned to life’
As he'd done so many times before, Jonah Shea tackled the chilly waters of Cape Cod Bay by running and diving in head first.
The...
Tip of the iceberg
There's more to paralysis than not being able to move. Victoria reveals the hidden medical challenges faced by people with spinal injuries
Paralysis is...
New weapon in battle on bed sores
Paralysed from a spinal cord injury, Peter Jones tried to cope with excruciating pressure sores by treating himself with vitamins.
What he and his wife,...
Beware the chair
Travis Oldhouser proves Quad rugby isn't for the scared, soft or squeamish
PHILADELPHIA - Metal slammed into metal in the middle of the gym.
Bodies...
‘Exciting times’ for spinal cord research
Thank you Prime Minister Stephen Harper! Thank you Rick Hansen! Thank you Tony Clement and Steven Fletcher! Thank you, thank you and thank you....
A cruel joke, a broken spine, a new purpose
Pedro Toala, soaked with human waste and blue-ish chemicals, could hear the kids laughing outside the portable toilet they had just tipped over.
Toala was...
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...
