Tag: Spinal Cord Injury Recovery

A trip on the bay unlike any other

Monterey Bay Veterans runs two annual fishing derbies for the disabled Dorothy Patton has been fishing Monterey Bay for 42 years. Hooked at the age...

Robot Helps Paralyzed Patients Move Again

Dallas Lab Only One In Texas Featuring 'Lokomat' DALLAS -- Paralyzed patients in North Texas are learning to walk again at a very unique spinal...

Spinal cord patient optimistic about future

POCATELLO - Neil Maberry, victim of a mountain biking accident, believes he is going to walk again. "I have faith that within about three years...

Paralysed rugby player has steely resolve to walk again

Paralysed rugby player Vaughan de Groen is going to the United States determined to confound those who said he would never regain mobility after...

International Cooperation to Accelerate Move to Clinical Trials

What are the characteristics of a well-controlled clinical trial for spinal cord injury repair? What type of evidence from animal experiments should be required...

Is the only difference between acute and chronic the scar? What else happens to...

fine the "acute" phase of spinal cord injury as the period during which damage may be continuing. "Subacute" is when the spinal cord is beginning...

Making A ‘Swift’ Recovery

Yankton Doctor Overcomes Potentially Fatal Car Accident Injuries Dr. Don Swift of Yankton is a survivor, but you won't see him on the popular reality...

Trojans Swim with Mike

In 1981, a benefit for injured USC swimming star Mike Nyeholt turned into an annual event for athletes. As they were getting ready to leave...

Michigan Center to Help Paralyzed Patients

DETROIT (AP) - The Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan will open a center this summer offering new therapies to help spinal cord injury patients regain...

Medical miracle

Stem-cell surgery shows promise Some words spark debate every time they are spoken, few more surely than "stem cells." Many ordinary people who smile on...