Tag: Spinal Cord Injury
Cutting-Edge Surgeries
When I directed PVA’s Spinal Cord Research Foundation a decade ago, function-restoring interventions for spinal cord injury (SCI) were rare and usually off the...
Event raises awareness about spinal cord injuries
It was just as the race master yelled "go!" over the loudspeaker that a looming grey cloud opened up and dumped a torrent of...
Striving for Normalcy
Rebecca Wylie has learned how to live what she calls a normal collegiate life despite an illness that has left her paralyzed
Every morning, Rebecca...
Monster Mile latest challenge
DOVER — Dover International Speedway, with its concrete surface, steep banking and tight turns, is an intimidating track for even the most accomplished race...
Spinal experts urge footy rule changes
A review of spinal cord injuries in Australian footballers has sparked calls for rule changes in both rugby union and rugby league.
Apart from the...
Scrap the scrum, says Alan Jones
A new study, published yesterday in the Medical Journal of Australia, shows seven of 23 rugby players who sustained acute spinal cord injury between...
3D atlas will help navigate the spinal cord
Professor George Paxinos and Dr Yuri Koutcherov of the Spinal Injuries Research Centre at the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute have been awarded...
We have to overcome this hope barrier
Ten minutes after a recent announcement that South Korean scientists had discovered an efficient way to produce stem cells, the world's largest spinal cord...
Spinal cord unit provides support for whole family
HOWLAND — Patients touch balloons, pick up bean bags and tighten bolts in Forum Health Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital's Occupational Therapy room.
They are part of...
Developing Nervous System Sculpted By Opposing Chemical Messengers
La Jolla, Calif. -- A newborn baby moves, breathes and cries in part because a network of nerves called Motor neurons carry signals from...
