Breakthrough for Spinal Cord Injuries and Paralysis
Breakthrough for Spinal Cord Injuries and Paralysis
After surgery and hundreds of rehabilitation sessions, Shillcox has since learned to bear weight on his legs and take some steps with support. Perhaps even more importantly, he has regained control over … “In the past, there was a prevailing idea …
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Breakthrough therapy allows 4 paraplegic men to voluntarily move their legs
"Two of the four subjects were diagnosed as motor and sensory complete injured with no chance of recovery at all," said lead author Claudia Angeli, a senior researcher with the Human Locomotor Research Center at Frazier Rehab Institute and an assistant …
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Gohei Nishikawa, World Class Pianist with Dystonia, Lends his Support to …
(New York, N.Y. – April 9, 2014) In 2003, Gohei Nishikawa, a rising young classical pianist, was diagnosed with dystonia, a neurological movement disorder that causes painful and uncontrollable muscle spasms. He stopped performing and thought about …
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