A new study demonstrated a brain-computer interface technology that enables spinal cord injury patients to walk with a ...

In past research, Calvert and others in the field have been able to restore control over muscle movement for these patients by using electrical stimulation below the injury site on the spine. “When ...

Electrical stimulation both above and below a spinal lesion can restore both motor activity in the muscles of the extremities and sensory feedback about where limbs are in space. PROVIDENCE, R.I.

After racking up more than 30 years’ worth of experience in treating chronic pain, spinal cord stimulators have recently begun to expand their remit. Even as the devices continue to tack on new ...

Even when people with incomplete spinal cord injuries can walk, everyday functions like standing, balancing or producing ...

Incomplete spinal cord injuries disrupt motor unit coordination. The nervous system struggles to sync muscles at low effort and overcompensates with rigid signals at high effort.

Pune: A neurosurgical team at Sahyadri Hospital has successfully removed a massive 16.5 cm tumour from a patient's spinal ...

Injury to the spinal cord triggers a cascade of biological events that unfold within seconds and that proceed for months or even years. The events affect three major bodily systems: the nervous system ...

Conditions such as diabetes, heart attack and vascular diseases commonly diagnosed in people with spinal cord injuries can be traced to abnormal post-injury neuronal activity that causes abdominal fat ...

Tethered spinal cord syndrome is a rare neurological disorder where the spinal cord is attached, or tethered, to the tissues around the spine. This tethering of the spinal cord restricts its movements ...