Tag: Spinal Cord Injury Recovery
Walk On Final
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-yLrpeS4wQ
"Walk On SCI Recovery Project" is an initiative of SCI Australia to bring the world leading Project Walk Spinal Cord Injury Recovery Program to...
Koben’s Journey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5vYEzG24vQ
This is a video made for a cousin who suffered a spinal cord injury while fulfilling his dreams of being a professional bull rider....
The dormant potential of damaged nerve cells
Damaged nerve cells in a finger will regrow, but those in the spinal cord do not. Why the difference? Scientists at the Max Planck...
Hope is a river
David Estrada lost the use of his legs, but not his will. Now, at Spaulding hospital, he and other paraplegics are learning to row, strengthening body and mind as they wait for a cure.
An interview with Sarah May Scott
Susannah Breslin is a guestblogger on Boing Boing. She is a freelance journalist who blogs at Reverse Cowgirl and is at work on a...
Doctors at AIIMS operate on spinal injury, boy walks
New Delhi: A 10-year-old boy from a village in Uttar Pradesh has gained a new lease of life after the doctors at AIIMS operated...
What Is ASIA Impairment Scale
The ASIA impairment scale describes a person’s functional impairment as a result of their spinal cord injury.
A- Complete
No motor or sensory function in the...
New imaging technique: toward spinal cord regeneration?
The regeneration capacity of axons within the central nervous system, of which the spinal cord is part, has until now been much debated. Axons...
BBC journalist Frank Gardner on life in a wheelchair
Frank Gardner, the BBC journalist who has spinal-cord injuries after being shot in Saudia Arabia, swaps tales of life in a wheelchair with our...
Would-be quadriplegic taking first post-accident steps at L.A. Marathon
When Tom Bolewski suffered a serious spinal cord injury 16 months ago, his doctors told him he would live out the rest of his...
