Tag: Spinal Cord Injury Education
Top Spinal Cord Danger For Kids: Crashes
(WebMD) Motor vehicle accidents are the top cause of spinal cord injury in kids, a new study shows.
The researchers urge kids to wear...
Paralyzed men can be fathers
CHICAGO -- In the weeks following the car accident that left him paralyzed below the waist, Geoff Luther was haunted by worries that he’d...
70% of Spinal Cord Injuries in Children Result from Motor Vehicle Accidents; Most Not...
Newswise — Of the nearly 1,500 spinal cord injuries (SCIs) sustained by children age 18 and younger every year, approximately 70 percent are...
Local Surfing Community Supports UC San Diego’s Spinal Cord Regeneration Research
Newswise — With unsteady hands, San Diego resident and surfing enthusiast, Tony Mezzadri handed over an oversized check in the amount of $17,000 to...
GRAViTONUS Gaming System For Quadriplegics
Any person with physical disabilities is entitled to active interaction with all aspects of social life, independent personal life, self-determination, freedom of choice, as...
‘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....
First Middle East Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Conference opens today at Arab Health
The UAE needs more Rehabilitation facilities and specialists to ensure quality of life and function for its injured and disabled population, experts from the...
Survey of Pain and Fatigue in Adults with Disabilities
NOW RECRUITING!
Announcing a new study of pain and fatigue in adults with Multiple Sclerosis and spinal cord injury.
PURPOSE
Pain and fatigue are the most common...
Synapse expands business in Oberlin
Biomedical firm lands $4M in extra funding
OBERLIN — Synapse Biomedical, developer of an implantable device that allows paralyzed individuals to breathe on their...
Woman of determination
Local woman, in wheelchair for 20 years, hopes to drive to success
STERLING — After 20 years of sitting in a wheelchair, Rita Avitia is...
