Newly developed robotic trunk support can now train millions of people with spinal cord injury (SCI) by challenging them to sit more stably and move their trunk over a larger workspace.// ...

In addition, all four participants achieved independent standing and trunk stability ... Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS) was used to classify the spinal cord injuries of each ...

The American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) established a grading system called the ASIA Impairment Scale to describe the severity of spinal cord injuries. The system uses the letters A through ...

Risk Factors for Tracheostomy in Spinal Cord Injury Identified Patient ... “In conclusion, a high age, severe American Spinal Injury Association impairment scale, and low FVC (percent VC ...

Doctors use the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury when determining the classification of injuries. If there is ...

Columbia engineers invent a robotic trunk-support-trainer to retrain patients with spinal cord injury to sit more stably and gain an expanded active sitting workspace New York, NY--January 6 ...

The neurologic level was derived from sensory and motor scores on the American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS ... 1 and 2 had a T4 spinal cord injury level with no movement ...

“Blood pressure and trunk control are two of the many challenges people with spinal cord injury must manage in order to navigate their daily lives,” said Dave Marver, Chief Executive Officer ...

“Collaboration on this international scale is a vital step toward our vision of a fully autologous regenerative therapy for spinal cord injury,” said Gil Hakim, CEO of Matricelf. “Matricelf ...

The "level" of injury refers to the lowest part of the spinal cord with normal function. Higher-level injuries affect the arms, hands, trunk, legs and pelvic organs, whereas lower-level injuries ...