Spinal cord injuries are currently incurable with devastating effects on people's lives, but now a trial at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland offers hope for an effective treatment. Spinal ...

The implant delivers bursts of electrical signals, stimulating his spinal cord to make his leg muscles move. A man with Parkinson’s disease has regained the ability to walk after physicians ...

Daily electrical stimulation of certain nerves in the spinal cord appeared to help three people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), an inherited disorder that causes muscles to waste away. The ...

(CNN) — New research reveals how a medical device helped one man with paralysis walk naturally again, more than a decade after an injury.

Tiny, zapping implant gives spinal cord injury survivors new hope UT Dallas researchers paired rehab with vagus nerve stimulation to help people with spinal cord injuries regain arm and hand mobility.

Karla Flores was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor. A misplaced MRI found a second, nearly inoperable, tumor on her spine.

The effects lasted weeks after the trial involving two patients, showing early promise for the technique.

Five people paralyzed by spinal cord injuries were able to walk or ride a stationary bike using the implant/robotics combination, researchers said.

It was also suspected that Amy’s spinal cord was tethered – where the spinal cord is attached to the tissue around the spinal canal, meaning it cannot move freely - which was confirmed by a ...

Often, the first signs of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) are sudden eye pain and vision problems. NMO, also called Devic's disease, is a rare autoimmune disease that affects your spinal cord and optic ...

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Significant improvements in patients with incomplete spinal cord injury The recovery of motor functions in the hand-arm muscles of the patients was investigated in a standardised manner.