Spinal cord injury (SCI) patients often rely on their loved ones as caregivers for help with daily tasks. Caring for a loved ...
A new development in spinal cord injury treatment is offering new hope for those facing life-altering mobility challenges ...
Northwestern Medicine investigators have identified novel mechanisms regulating the development of the spinal column during ...
ExoPTEN, which is advancing towards first-in-human trials. The study demonstrated that ExoPTEN significantly enhances motor function recovery and improves blood flow at spinal cord injury sites, ...
Former RAF serviceman PJ, diagnosed with MS, has embraced cycling to stay active and raise awareness for MS charities. His inspiring journey ...
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 ...
What Are the Treatments for Spinal Stenosis? Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the canal in your spinal column that affects mostly people age 50 and older. Nothing can cure it, but there are ...
the channel in your backbone that houses your spinal cord and other nerves. A doctor does the surgery when the space in the canal narrows because of arthritis, bone spurs, or other problems.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) causes a specific type of damage, called demyelination, to the central nervous system, including the spinal cord. MS is a neurological disease. It causes the immune system ...
Spinal bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) causes a loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem. It mainly affects facial and swallowing muscles and the muscles in the arms and legs.
Spasticity was assessed using the Modified Ashworth Scale, Tardieu Scale, Spinal Cord Assessment Tool for Spastic Reflexes ... determined by the one-week examination to account for spinal shock (42).
The 48-year-old from London was paralysed from the waist down in 2017 when a group of abnormal blood vessels in her spinal cord burst. Trump’s China tariff shock sparks a global market sell-off ...