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Finnish spinal cord injury rehabilitation research receives significant funding from Wings for Life Foundation
Nexstim Plc, a targeted neuromodulation company developing and marketing navigated, personalised and non-invasive brain stimulation systems for diagnostics and therapy recently announced that Helsinki University Hospital in Finland has received
An ‘EpiPen’ for spinal cord injuries
An injection of nanoparticles can prevent the body’s immune system from overreacting to trauma, potentially preventing some spinal cord injuries from resulting in paralysis. The approach was demonstrated in mice
Neuronal feedback from sites below the spinal injury plays essential role during early recovery
Spinal cord injury disconnects communication between the brain and the spinal cord, disrupting control over part of the body. Studying the mechanisms of recovery, Leuven researcher Aya Takeoka found that
Utilisation of radiostereometric analysis (RSA) to assess quality of spinal fusion
Sara Parashin, Biomedical Engineer at the Orthopaedic Innovation Centre in Winnipeg, Canada, discusses a phantom study that assessed the feasibility of RSA as a technique to diagnose successful or failed
EUROSPINE’s Best in Show
Get acquainted with three of the seven abstract submissions for EUROSPINE 2019 in Helsinki, which have been elected as Best of Show and will be presented in the Best of
New NICE guidelines will help doctors recognise and refer people with suspected neurological conditions
Published in May, the NICE guidelines makes recommendations about which symptoms and signs should prompt a referral for further neurological assessment. It also covers some examinations, assessment tools and investigative
Eminent faculty gather for specialist spinal cord rehabilitation event
The Midland Centre for Spinal Injuries (MCSI) and the Orthopaedic Institute welcomed delegates from 16 countries for the first European Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Training Course at the Robert Jones &
The EUROSPINE Annual Meeting in Helsinki promises to be a scientific highlight for 2019
Tamás Fekete, chair of EUROSPINE programme committee and head of the meeting council, looks forward to welcoming delegates to Helsinki, from 16-18 October 2019 The EUROSPINE Annual Meeting provides a
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh at ‘epicentre’ of skills drive to make surgical care safer
While the technical skills of surgeons and surgical teams are of critical importance, until relatively recently the non-technical skills for surgeons (NOTSS) have generally tended to slip under the radar.
icotec AG granted FDA clearance to market VADERone pedicle screw system
PROMOTIONAL FEATURE icotec AG, a Swiss company, recently announced that the VADER®one pedicle screw system was granted US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for both minimally-invasive and open
