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Natural Enzyme from Bacteria can Reverse Spinal Cord Injury

Redesigning and enhancing a natural enzyme called chondroitinase ABC, from a bacteria, can help in promoting the repair and regrowth of spinal nerve tissue following injury. The new version of the enzyme, designed by researchers from the ...

Simplified Exercise Advice for Spinal Cord Injury Patients: Study

New study has developed an online platform of tried and true resources to support people living with spinal cord injury (SCI) to lead a more active life. The findings of the study are published in the journal Spinal Cord . Professor Kathleen ...

Spinal Cord Injury Repair Efforts Boosted Using New Injection

Reducing the risk of further injury and boosting the propagation of potentially reparative cells by using a new method for delivering neural precursor cells (NSCs) to spinal cord injuries in rats has now been discovered. The findings are ...

Robotic Trunk Support Aids People with Spinal Cord Injury

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. Spinal cord injuries (SCI) can cause devastating damage, ...

New, Potential Target for Restoring Movement After Spinal Cord Injury Discovered

After a spinal cord injury the neuromodulation of interrupted lumbar motor circuits by neurotrophic therapy improved locomotor performance, stated the team led by Xiao-Ming Xu, PhD. These findings are being published in the December issue of Nature ...

Stroke Drug Improves Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Injury

Conditioned stem cells with a modified form of tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA), a drug commonly used to treat non-hemorrhagic stroke could repair spinal cord after an injury. Four months after treating them, Yasuhiro Shiga, MD, PhD, ...

Limb Function Restored After Spinal Cord Injury Using This Drug

Upper limb function after a spinal cord injury could be restored by using commonly prescribed drug for nerve pain, which could also help restore functions in mice, research suggests. In the study, mice treated with gabapentin regained roughly 60 ...

Frailty Affects Outcomes After Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

In patients less than 75 years of age frailty is a key predictor of worse outcome after traumatic spinal cord injury, revealed new study published in Journal of Neurotrauma, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. Click here ...

New Treatment Shows Promise for Relief of Shoulder Pain in Wheelchair Users with Spinal Injury

Treatment of intractable shoulder pain with micro-fragmented adipose tissue may be a potential alternative to surgery in wheelchair users with spinal cord injury, reveals a new study. A New Jersey team of researchers has reported the ...

Exercise Helps People With Spinal Cord Injury

A molecular pathway related to physical activity identified by scientists helps stimulate nerve regeneration after a spinal cord injury in mice. The influence of an active lifestyle on the regenerative capacity of the peripheral nervous system, ...

3D Printed Implant to Treat Spinal Cord Injury

3D printing technology has been used by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Institute of Engineering in Medicine to create a spinal cord, then successfully implanted that scaffolding, loaded with neural stem ...

Spinal Cord Injury Could Throw Off Body's Internal Clock

Spinal cord injuries were found to throw off the internal clock of the entire body's daily activities, from hormones to sleep-wake schedules, suggested researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. The spinal cord helps transfer ...

Novel Strategy Developed Can Help Restore Breathing after Spinal Cord Injury

Newly developed innovative approach can jumpstart breathing after spinal cord injury, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal Nature . A research team at the Krembil Research Institute in Toronto has ...

Technology with Therapy Can Help Spinal Cord Injury Patients to Walk

Epidural stimulation paired with daily locomotor training may help patients with spinal cord injury to walk again, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the New England Journal of Medicine . The study was conducted at ...

Epidural Stimulation can Benefit People With Spinal Cord Injury

Study published in JAMA Neurology describes the improvements Putnam and three other research participants experienced in blood pressure and heart rate regulation during and after spinal cord epidural stimulation. All four participants had chronic, ...

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Corpectomy is a surgery to remove degenerative vertebrae along with the intervertebral discs that cause compression of the spinal cord and nerves.

Spinal Cord Injury

Spinal cord injury is an injury to the spinal cord that results in temporary or permanent changes in its function.

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Laminectomy surgery removes a portion or all of the flat portion of the back of the vertebral arch surrounding the spinal canal to relieve nerve root pressure.

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Often a sudden traumatic injury or a non-traumatic condition results in a fracture or dislocation of vertebrae which can further cause spinal cord damage. Vertebral injuries may result in a partial or complete transaction of the spinal cord which ...

Prolapse of Intervertebral Disc

Its a condition in which the gelatinuous part of the intervertebral disc moves out of its position and by gradual changes it leads to its prolapse.

Autonomic Dysreflexia

Autonomic dysreflexia is a condition that occurs in patients with spinal cord injuries especially in the T5 and T6 levels. This condition is characterized by hyper activity of the autonomic nervous system.

Spinal Cord Injury - First Aid and Emergency Treatment Guide

A quick and simple First Aid guide on how to administer treatment for Spinal Cord Injury.

Spinal Fracture

Spinal fracture or spinal compression fracture indicates an injury to the spinal column. Along with the vertebrae, spinal fractures can also damage the nerves, spinal cord or ligaments in the spine.

Back Pain

Back pain or Backache is common due to poor posture, postural deformities and life style. Back pain can be classified anatomically as upper, lower and middle back pain.

Back Pain at Workplace: Prevention and Exercises

Understanding the basics about our back and our posture is very important in preventing back pain and improving workplace productivity.

Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury can Be Predicted Using MRI

Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), radiologists can better predict the likelihood of full or partial recovery of patients with acute spinal cord injuries (SCI)

Intensive Rehabilitation Training can Repair Brain, Spinal Cord Injury

Researchers at the University of Alberta have revealed that intensive rehabilitation training for patients with spinal cord injuries can stimulate repair in the brain and spinal cord.