Innovative wheelchair wins design competition
The Getting Back on Track competition intended to encourage innovation and raise awareness of the day-to-day challenges facing people with...
Read MoreNew approach could jumpstart breathing after spinal cord injury
A research team at the Krembil Research Institute in Toronto has developed an innovative strategy that could help to restore...
Read MoreFirst UK surgery in womb for babies with spina bifida
A team from UCL, University College London Hospitals (UCLH) and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has operated on the abnormally...
Read MoreEpidural stimulation leads to recovery of cardiovascular function in spinal-cord-injured
For the first time since 2009, Stefanie Putnam is able to prepare - and eat - meals for herself, put...
Read MoreBone marrow edema in lower spine is common in young athletes
New research indicates that young recreational and elite athletes commonly accumulate excess fluid in the bone marrow around the joint...
Read MoreEpidural stimulation shown to normalise blood pressure following spinal cord injury
Patients with severe spinal cord injury (SCI) often experience chronically low blood pressure that negatively affects their health, their quality...
Read MoreSpinal surgery for osteoporosis is no better for pain relief than injections
Vertebroplasty is no more effective for pain relief than a sham procedure in older patients with osteoporosis, finds a trial...
Read MoreMagnetic nanoparticles deliver chemotherapy to difficult-to-reach spinal tumours
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have demonstrated that magnetic nanoparticles can be used to ferry chemotherapy drugs...
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