Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord is a promising strategy for reestablishing walking after spinal cord injury, recent studies show. But for patients suffering from muscle spasms, the stimulation protocols have a limited ...
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Spinal cord injury (SCI) remains one of the most devastating medical conditions, severely impacting quality of life and often leading to permanent disability. The central nervous system (CNS) has a limited capacity for regeneration, ...
Jan 7, 2025
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Antibodies can improve the rehabilitation of people with acute spinal cord injury. Researchers at 13 clinics in Germany, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Spain have investigated this with promising results. For the first ...
Dec 19, 2024
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Queensland researchers have solved the century-old mystery of why patients who suffer severe spinal cord and brain injuries develop debilitating bone growths around joints such as hips and shoulders.
Dec 10, 2024
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People with disabilities (PWD) make up 25% of the U.S. population. They face elevated mental health concerns and are more likely to utilize mental health services compared to non-disabled individuals. Yet, PWD also report ...
Dec 9, 2024
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Research led by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine along with scientists at the Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin in Berlin, Germany, provides first evidence that hospital-acquired ...
Dec 6, 2024
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Researchers have identified a subset of brain cells in mice that act as the master regulators of urination.
Dec 3, 2024
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Kessler Foundation researchers have developed robust measures of neighborhood economic factors to study how social determinants influence health outcomes after spinal cord injury (SCI). The study reveals that individuals ...
Nov 25, 2024
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Researchers at Kennedy Krieger Institute's International Center for Spinal Cord Injury (ICSCI) have made a remarkable advancement in treating children with acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a rare but severe neurological condition ...
Nov 12, 2024
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Kessler Foundation researchers published new findings on neuromodulation in individuals with high-level spinal cord injury (SCI) using spinal cord transcutaneous stimulation (scTS). This promising approach to enhance cardiovascular ...
Oct 28, 2024
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