Paralyzed Patient Able To Cut Steak Thanks To Spinal Cord Stimulation | IFLScience
While similar neural stimulation devices have been used to treat chronic … they hope to see their device used as both an assistive technology to …
Helping Stroke Patients Regain Movement in Their Hands
The results of an innovative study suggest electrical stimulation of the spinal cord could eventually help some of the many people disabled by strokes.
Treating Chronic Pain with Sound and Electrical Stimulation
Electrical stimulation and sound activate the brain’s somatosensory or tactile cortex, increasing the potential for chronic pain and other sensory disorders treatment
AZD1236 Investigational Drug Fosters Nerve Repair After Spinal Injury
Researchers show that a brain-penetrating candidate drug can foster regeneration of damaged nerves after spinal trauma
Kent Waldrep, Athlete Whose Injury Led to Advocacy, Dies at 67
Partly paralyzed as a college football player, he had a role in the inception of the Americans With Disability Act and raised money for spinal cord research.
Accommodation Search
JAN’s Searchable Online Accommodation Resource (SOAR) system is designed to let users explore various accommodation options for people with disabilities in work and educational settings. These accommodation ideas are not…
Searching for Solutions to Spasticity
Muscle spasticity can feel like an unwelcome intruder has taken over your body.
Swiss Researchers Continue to Push Functional Recovery With SCI Forward
Mainstream media was ablaze yesterday with “Paralyzed Person Walks Again” headlines after a new epidural stimulation study was published in the journal Nature. The study, helmed by Dr. Jocelyne Bloch
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NH Videos Deaf Artist Pooja Bodas’ Thoughts Come Alive on Canvas Multiple Sclerosis does not affect Anjali’s love for Cooking Healing pain through art – Dr. Anubha Mahajan, Founder Chronic…
Morgan Stickney’s Race Against the Clock
Stickney, who endured first one amputation and then another, has put off surgery to chase a world record. After years of pain, she is closer to it than ever.