As a high school teacher and baseball coach, Steve Loutzenhiser is used to an active life, describing himself as “super ...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) patients often rely on their loved ones as caregivers for help with daily tasks. Caring for a loved ...

The shock-like feeling is often short and intermittent ... Lhermitte sign isn’t dangerous and won’t cause further damage to your spinal cord or worsen your MS. You can experience Lhermitte ...

Your spinal cord can make its own memories independent ... When the experimental mouse's legs dangled too low, it received a ...

A woman who was told she had multiple sclerosis (MS) at 35 says she had never heard of the disease, even though it is most ...

Beck and Sickels’ research was working to address spinal cord ischemia (SCI), in patients who have undergone a branched or fenestrated endovascular aortic repair. SCI occurs when there is a lack of ...

Studying spinal cord injuries requires a material that can transmit clear signals yet remain flexible for when patients move ...

enclose and protect a cylinder of nerve tissues known as the spinal cord. Between each one of the vertebrae is an intervertebral disk, or band of cartilage serving as a shock absorber between the ...

They provide flexibility, allow for spine movement like flexion and extension, and act as shock absorbers ... when a disk ...

210 pounds of weight then fell on his back, fracturing his L1 vertebrae and compressing his spinal cord. Fisher was immediately transferred to a Eugene area hospital where he underwent emergency ...

was diagnosed with tumours on his brain and spinal cord after suffering extreme headaches. He told BBC Radio Somerset: "I was in utter shock and I didn't feel old enough to understand what was ...

“The results reinforce ExoPTEN’s potential to enhance the body’s natural repair mechanisms following spinal cord injury. Notably, the increased blood vessel size observed in treated subjects ...