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 ...

When you choose the University of Utah Health for you or your family member’s spinal cord injury rehabilitation, you are choosing a program that marshals the resources of an entire university and ...

Cerebrospinal fluid drainage (CSFD) is commonly used to manage spinal cord injury (SCI) after aortic surgery. However, there is still limited evidence regarding its effectiveness in patients with type ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the lateral hypothalamus (LH) improves walking and promotes recovery in patients with spinal cord injury ... Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS ...

Mike Kelly, chief executive officer (CEO) of NervGen explained how the burden of spinal cord injury (SCI) remains significant on medical, economic, and social fronts. “Each year, around 500,000 people ...

A Mayo Clinic study used a patient's stem cells to help repair the spinal cord. A man who ... on the American Spinal Injury Association -- or ASIA -- Impairment Scale, which has five levels ...

C4 spinal cord injury or higher plus complete motor impairment (n = 20), C4 injury or higher plus incomplete motor impairment (n = 5), C5 injury or below plus complete motor impairment (n = 14 ...

Paraplegia: Paraplegia occurs when the injury affects the thoracic (chest) or lumbar (lower back) region of the spinal cord. It results in paralysis or impairment of the lower limbs, with the ...

The cervical spinal cord is the upper part of the spinal cord that runs from the base of the skull down the neck to the upper back. An injury at this level may cause severe consequences, potentially ...

Documented adverse events were commonly related to spinal cord injury, such as urinary tract infection and decubital ulcers. The clinical improvements noted in the study—ie, from ASIA Impairment Scale ...