Shannon Motisi, PT, DPT, and Lauren Wright, PT, DPT, discuss how getting patients up and walking after stroke, TBI, and incomplete SCI is a goal that technology and the right intervention help achieve, in this feature for the July/August 2021 issue of Rehab Management.
The University of Pittsburgh's Rehab Neural Engineering Labs demonstrate how Blackrock Neurotech's NeuroPort System could help restore function in patients with spinal cord injury.
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation announces the launch of virtual support groups to combat social isolation, offered through its National Paralysis Resource Center (PRC).
Genetic mutations which occur naturally during the earliest stages of an embryo’s development can cause the severe birth defect spina bifida, University College London scientists suggest, in Nature Communications.
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The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, in partnership with Shepherd Center, introduce a new video series: Cultivating Resilience After Spinal Cord Injury Trauma.
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The International Spinal Research Trust (ISRT) and the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation (Reeve Foundation) announce a joint approach to their research strategies with a focus on accelerating the progress of therapies and their delivery to people living with paralysis.
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A special issue of the Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine (JPRM) provides 20 evidence- and consensus-based updates to key sections of the 2018 “Guidelines for the Care of People with Spina Bifida” issued by the Spina Bifida Association (SBA).
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Findings from a 10-year follow-up study suggest prenatal repair of the spinal column of children with spina bifida confers physical gains that extend into childhood.
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IZ Adaptive launches the Game Changer Pant, a seamless-back pant designed to help minimize and prevent the possible causes of pressure sores from wheelchair use.
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United Spinal Association reaches a historic milestone in 2021 as it celebrates 75 years of providing people with spinal cord injuries and disorders (SCI/D) valuable programs and services that maximize independence and quality of life.
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The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation National Paralysis Resource Center announces grant funding opportunities through its 2021 1st Cycle Direct Effect and special focus COVID-19: Addressing Social Isolation Quality of Life grants initiatives. Applications are available through Tuesday, March 16.
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The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation announces the 2nd annual Reeve Summit 2021: Where Care, Cure and Community Connect. The 3-day virtual event will begin April 27, 2021.
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Targeted electrical spinal cord stimulation could stabilize blood pressure in people with spinal cord injury (SCI), researchers suggest, in a study published in Nature.
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(Reuters) – German researchers have enabled mice paralyzed after spinal cord injuries to walk again, re-establishing a neural link hitherto considered irreparable in mammals by using a designer protein injected into the brain.
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Using gene therapy, researchers from Ruhr-University Bochum report success in getting mice to walk again after a complete cross-sectional injury. The key to this success, they note, is the protein hyper-interleukin-6, which stimulates nerve cells to regenerate and the way it is supplied to the animals.
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Persons with spinal cord injury and older healthy individuals have similar brain activation during processing speed tasks, according to this Kessler Foundation study, which researchers suggest supports the theory of accelerated cognitive aging following spinal cord injury.
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Emergency funding provided by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation enables the continuation of Kessler Foundation’s inpatient spinal cord injury education series in accordance with COVID-19 health guidelines
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Motility Medical has begun human trials for its prototype neuromodulation device designed to help treat people with chronic constipation (most significantly, neurogenic bowel resulting from a spinal cord injury) by interfacing with nerves and muscles to facilitate bowel activity without the use of oral pharmaceuticals.
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