Clinical trial starting in Cleveland to help patients with paralysis regain movement Mon, 20 Jan 2020 14:19:16 +0000
CLEVELAND — A groundbreaking clinical trial is starting in Cleveland soon, and researchers are currently looking for participants. The program is called ReHAB — which stands for “Reconnecting the Hand and Arm to the Brain.” Essentially, they are giving people who are paralyzed the ability to move again. The research is led by Dr. Robert… Continue Reading »
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UBC researchers seek participants for spinal cord injury study Mon, 13 Jan 2020 14:01:42 +0000
Chronic pain is a common and often debilitating problem that can significantly impact function and quality of life for patients with spinal cord injury. To help find treatment solutions, UBC researchers are investigating the effectiveness of a drug called Targin at treating chronic pain in individuals with spinal cord injury. The research team is now… Continue Reading »
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Persons With Disabilities Discounts Guide: The Ultimate List of Stores & Services Fri, 10 Jan 2020 15:29:16 +0000
The Dealhack Persons With Disabilities Discounts Guide is a list of stores and brands that offer discounts for persons with psychological, psychiatric, or cognitive disabilities. Every three months, we update the lists to include the newest offers to help you save on your purchases. The list currently consists of more than 80 stores and services divided… Continue Reading »
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Quadriplegics Answer Web’s Most Searched Questions on Paralysis Thu, 09 Jan 2020 19:09:20 +0000
Jenny and Abby answer some of the webs most asked questions for people living with paralysis (specifically quadriplegia)! With years of experience, they answer the questions to the best of our knowledge and wisdom. They hope you learn something new. Cath Kit mentioned in video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCI-L… How they drive independently – Adapted Van Series https://inthewaitingblog.com/category…… Continue Reading »
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ReNetX Bio Receives Fast Track Designation From U.S. FDA Wed, 08 Jan 2020 13:21:12 +0000
Potential First-in-Class Therapy for Chronic Spinal Cord Injury NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ReNetX Bio announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company Fast Track Designation for ReNetX Bio’s clinical therapy (AXER-204) for the potential treatment of Chronic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). ReNetX Bio is currently conducting… Continue Reading »
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Baclofen Pumps Are Safe, Effective, and Highly Satisfactory to Patients, 19-year Study Reports Mon, 06 Jan 2020 11:49:27 +0000
Implanting an infusion pump that continuously delivers the muscle relaxant baclofen to the spinal canal is a safe and effective treatment for muscle stiffness in people with neurological conditions, including cerebral palsy (CP), and provides a great degree of satisfaction to patients, according to 19 years of clinical experience at a single center in Portugal.… Continue Reading »
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Robotic Trunk Support Assists Those with Spinal Cord Injury Mon, 06 Jan 2020 10:20:45 +0000
Columbia engineers invent a robotic trunk-support-trainer to retrain patients with spinal cord injury to sit more stably and gain an expanded active sitting workspace Video illustrating how the Trunk-Support Trainer (TruST), a robotic device invented by Columbia engineers, retrains patients with spinal cord injury to sit more stably and gain an expanded active sitting workspace.… Continue Reading »
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Research team identifies potential target for restoring movement after spinal cord injury Fri, 20 Dec 2019 15:37:19 +0000
Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have made several novel discoveries in the field of spinal cord injuries (SCI). Most recently, the team led by Xiao-Ming Xu, Ph.D., has been working to determine how to activate movement after a spinal cord injury at the ninth thoracic level, where nerve fibers from the brain down… Continue Reading »
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Stroke Drug Boosts Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury in Rats Wed, 18 Dec 2019 04:58:52 +0000
Four months after treating them, Yasuhiro Shiga, MD, PhD, checked on his rats. Walking into the lab, he carried minimal expectations. Treating spinal cord injuries with stem cells had been tried by many people, many times before, with modest success at best. The endpoint he was specifically there to measure — pain levels — hadn’t… Continue Reading »
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Restoring arm, hand function after spinal cord injury focus of clinical trial Thu, 12 Dec 2019 08:57:19 +0000
Spinal cord injuries caused by accidents, violence and disease paralyze from the neck down more than 5,000 people every year. In the first few months after injury, some people regain some movement and sensation in their limbs. Those who do not show improvement in the first few months are unlikely to ever recover. Now, a… Continue Reading »
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