Tag: Spinal Cord
Waiting for a miracle that could come soon
DENVER - Luke Vogel was angry. There is no other way to say it. He had heard people talk about quadriplegics before the accident,...
Power Soccer
Power Soccer is the first competitive team sport designed and developed specifically for power wheelchair users.
Findings offer potential significance to the recovery of walking after spinal cord injury
Researchers at the medical university Karolinska Institutet have created a genetically modified mouse in which certain neurons can be activated by blue light. Shining...
First U.S. Stem Cells Transplanted into Spinal Cord
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- For the first time in the United States, stem cells have been directly injected into the spinal cord of a...
Cancer claims R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass, 59
Teddy Pendergrass , an R&B singer who was one of the most electric and successful figures in music until a car crash 28 years...
The Expendables Cast Member Sylvester Stallone and a Neck Injury
Sylvester Stallone Broke His Neck While Filming the Expendables
Sylvester Stallone neck injury amounts to an amazing celebrity breaking his neck on the set of...
‘Avatar’ Gets Mixed Praise From Paraplegics
Wheelchair Users Say Paraplegic Action Movie Character Inaccurate, but Uplifting
Like others who flocked to see the blockbuster movie "Avatar," 26-year-old Santina Muha was thrilled...
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation to be featured on TLC’s American Chopper
Episode to unveil Orange County Choppers' first-ever wheelchair-accessible motorcycle
SHORT HILLS, N.J., Dec. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation announced today that...
Advances in spinal cord rehabilitation
About 5.6 million Americans have some degree of paralysis, far more than previously thought, according to the findings of a survey by the Christopher...
Getting a kick out of research
A Dalhousie University professor and an international team of researchers have discovered what makes us kick.
Dr. Rob Brownstone, along with colleagues in New York...
