Health
Professor improves wheelchairs to reduce injuries
Manual wheelchairs offer mobility and exercise to people who can't walk, but improper use can result in carpal tunnel syndrome, rotator cuff tears and other injuries.
Sep 15, 2016
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Spinal Cord Injury
Neuroscience
Clinical trial offers hope to restore limb function in man with complete cervical spinal cord injury
Physicians at Rush University Medical Center became the first in Illinois to inject AST-OPC1 (oligodendrocyte progenitor cells), an experimental treatment, into the damaged cervical spine of a recently paralyzed man as part ...
Sep 14, 2016
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Surgery
Surgery that restores hand and elbow function in quadriplegics is underused
A surgery for quadriplegics called tendon transfer can significantly improve hand and elbow function, but the procedure is greatly underused, according to an article in the journal Hand Clinics by Loyola Medicine hand surgeon ...
Aug 23, 2016
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Neuroscience
Paraplegics regain some feeling, movement after using brain-machine interfaces
Eight people who have spent years paralyzed from spinal cord injuries have regained partial sensation and muscle control in their lower limbs after training with brain-controlled robotics, according to a study published Aug. ...
Aug 11, 2016
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Neuroscience
Health behaviors and management critical for spinal cord injury patients
It can happen in a split second from a vehicle crash, a fall or a gunshot: a person's spinal cord tissue is bruised or torn by a shocking blow.
Aug 11, 2016
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Surgery
First clinical guidelines in Canada for pain following spinal cord injury
Researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute are the first in Canada to develop clinical practice guidelines for managing neuropathic pain with patients who have experienced a spinal cord injury (SCI).
Jul 28, 2016
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Neuroscience
Repeated stimulation treatment can restore movement to paralyzed muscles
Conducted at the BioMag laboratory at the Helsinki University Hospital, a new patient study could open a new opportunity to rehabilitate patients with spinal cord damage.
Jul 15, 2016
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Neuroscience
Transplant drug may provide benefits after spinal cord injury
New research in mice indicates that a drug commonly used to suppress the immune system in recipients of organ transplants may also reduce tissue damage and neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury. The findings are published ...
Jul 8, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Helping people with spinal cord injury return to work
University of Adelaide researchers are calling for participants for a national study aimed at assisting Australians with a spinal cord injury to return to work.
Jul 5, 2016
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Pediatrics
One small step for babies, one giant leap for mankind
Even before they stand up, infants have a rough idea of how to walk; they just need some time to lay down the right neural wiring. Understanding how babies take their first steps can also help us to improve the rehabilitation ...
Jul 5, 2016
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