Researchers at Brown University have demonstrated that targeted electrical stimulation of the spinal cord can restore both ...

A Johns Hopkins materials scientist and collaborators have developed a tiny device that may hold promise for restoring mobility to those with lower limb paralysis, a condition affecting approximately ...

The effects of spinal cord injuries are complex and multifaceted. People lose not only the ability to control the movement of ...

DURHAM, N.C. (IVANHOE NEWSWIRE) - Nearly 16 million American adults have chronic backaches, stabbing, and pulsing pain that cannot be easily relieved by medication or physical therapy. In some cases, ...

In new results from a clinical trial, researchers show that electrical stimulation of the spinal cord can restore the muscle control and sensory feedback required for coordinated walking movements.

Roccati, age 31, is one of three men who received experimental spinal cord stimulators as part of a clinical trial. All three had completely paralyzed lower bodies. The results have been a stunning ...

KUTV — For patients suffering from chronic, severe back pain that hasn’t responded to traditional treatments, a spinal cord stimulator (SCS) may offer new hope. Dr. Jeff Pence, Interventional Spine ...

Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - Almost 16 million American adults complain of chronic backaches. It’s a stabbing, pulsing pain that can’t be easily relieved by medication or physical therapy. But now there ...

A pilot clinical trial found electrical stimulation of the spinal cord is feasible, well-tolerated and shows therapeutic potential to treat depression. Principal investigator Francisco Romo-Nava, MD, ...

Not the foot itself, not the ground beneath it, but a sensation somewhere above the injury that her brain had learned to ...