A Swiss research center is trying to use innovative technology to help restore bodily functions for paralyzed patients—and ...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Spinal Cord Injury Model System provides this website as an auxiliary resource for the primary care of patients with spinal cord injury.The contents of this ...

A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first clinical study of its kind, Japanese scientists said. A spinal cord ...

When you choose the University of Utah Health for you or your family member’s spinal cord injury rehabilitation, you are choosing a program that marshals the resources of an entire university and ...

The worst type of spinal cord injuries can lead to permanent loss of sensory and motor function, meaning people will lose feeling below the region of the injury as well as movement. As it stands ...

These nerve signals have three main roles. They: Any disruption of spinal cord activity due to injury or disease could lead to serious conditions, including the loss of motor and sensory functions.

The impact of SCI varies depending on where the injury occurs and how severe it is. Injuries higher up on the spinal cord, especially in the neck (cervical region), can result in Quadriplegia ...

Dr. Melita Theyagaraj, who serves as a physician on the spinal cord injury unit at the University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopedic Institute, explained to Newsweek that the cause of a ...

Anderson Cooper: This week on 60 Minutes, we're doing a story about efforts to help people who are paralyzed with severe spinal cord injuries develop the ability to walk again. And not just walk ...