Two state-first clinical trials are aiming to bring life-changing movement back to people who live with paralysis through ...

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 ...

UT Dallas researchers are helping spinal cord injury patients regain mobility using innovative therapy and technology. One ...

This axonal regeneration led to significant improvements in the rats’ functional motor and sensory recovery at six weeks post-injury and reduced lesion size. “Surgery after spinal cord injury ...

British scientists have developed a breakthrough laser treatment which could reverse spinal damage in people left paralysed. The therapy could save movement and sensation after spinal cord injury ...

The therapy consists of electrode pads placed on the skin above and below the injury site. They deliver electrical stimulation to the spinal cord while the user does rehabilitation exercises.

Research on animals suggests the stimulation helps promote nerve growth and repairs some of the damage caused by the initial spinal cord injury, said Grégoire Courtine, co-founder of ONWARD ...

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Patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) could benefit from a future treatment to repair nerve connections using red and near-infrared light. The method, invented by scientists at the University of ...