A New Treatment May Allow for Use of Hands and Arms After Spinal Cord Injury
Razi Berry Almost 18,000 Americans experience traumatic spinal cord injuries every year. Many of these people are unable to use their hands and arms and can’t do everyday tasks such as eating, grooming or drinking water without help. Using physical therapy combined with a noninvasive method of stimulating nerve cells in the spinal cord, University […]
Breakthrough Research: Electrical Spinal Implants Make Walking Possible for 3 Paralyzed Men
Razi Berry Two recent articles have shown the possible to be possible, paralytic individuals regaining their ability to walk.1,2 Doctors from Switzerland have had initial success and continued progress with using electrical implants along the spinal column to enable 3 paralyzed men to walk again after life in a wheelchair. Electrical implants are placed along […]