Tag: Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal injury study seeks participants
Researchers have started their search for 800 Ontario residents with spinal cord injuries, for the largest spinal cord study.
The study could change the treatment...
Athlete brings message to town
At first glance Kelly Smith appears confined to a wheelchair due to a spinal cord injury caused by a 1991 rock climbing accident.
But a...
Brain-to-comp links yield neurotherapies
Technology that can establish a direct connection between human thought and computer operations has been a visionary proposition for decades. Now, thanks to the...
Making a bid for Beijing
For speed, Maureen McKinnon-Tucker leans as hard as she can to leeward as she and teammate Mark Lewis train with nearly no wind in...
USA Diving accident survivor Brooke Burns helps raise awareness about diving injury prevention
It's a startling fact that as many as 1,000 spinal cord injuries occur each year due to shallow water diving. With swimming pools officially...
Police, friends run for a buddy
Several hundred people, including two groups of recent police recruits, are walking and running this morning to help a stricken fellow officer.
The John Pou...
Spinal injury led to helpful invention
Elaine Wolfe was 18 when she broke her neck in a swimming accident.
The spinal cord injury meant she'd never walk again, and would have...
Ocala author shares tragic story of paralysis
OCALA, Fla. - Ronald Schultz started writing his new book almost 40 years ago, when he thought his life was over.
He was 22 years...
Coach hopeful of gymnast’s recovery
Yoichi Tomita describes Andrew Donnellan as one of the most "powerful" gymnasts he has ever coached.
And that muscular build, Tomita said, might help the...
Parents of injured 14-year-old gymnast stay hopeful
14-year-old Richland girl recovering from spinal cord injury after tumbling accident
The parents of a Richland teenager hurt in a gymnastics accident spoke yesterday of...
