Breakthrough Therapy

Breakthrough Therapy

Jul 18, 2016 | Therapy & Exercise

ListenFour young men who have been paralyzed for years achieved groundbreaking progress —moving their legs — as a result of epidural electrical stimulation of the spinal cord, an international team of life scientists reports today in the medical journal Brain. Read...
Bionic spinal cord offers new hope

Bionic spinal cord offers new hope

Jul 18, 2016 | Research & Cure

ListenBionic spinal cord” could give extra function and mobility to users of mobility assist devices. A ‘revolutionary’ device implanted in a brain blood vessel may one day enable people with spinal cord injuries to walk again, say Melbourne researchers. Read...
Walking with hope

Walking with hope

Jul 18, 2016 | Community

ListenPatients with spinal cord injuries are challenging mainstream treatments in their bid to recover use of their paralysed limbs. Quadriplegic Matthew Pierri reports. Read...
Exploring Frontiers of Recovery

Exploring Frontiers of Recovery

Jul 18, 2016 | Community

ListenIn 2010 a fall from a second-story window nearly killed me. I broke my back and the damage to my spinal cord left me paralyzed from the waist down. From the moment I hit the ground I joined a global community of people who, according to the experts, have no hope...