Spinal injury
Spinal cord injury can disrupt breastfeeding by affecting milk let-down and triggering dangerous blood pressure spikes, research suggests. In Canada, exclusive breastfeeding is recommended for the first six months of a baby's life, with continued breastfeeding encouraged into the toddler years. For women with spinal cord injury, or SCI, this can present distinct physiological and [...]
A brain-controlled exoskeleton tested in an early study may one day help people with spinal cord injury walk again. The system used brain signals to control a robotic walking exoskeleton and sent artificial leg sensations back through direct electrical stimulation, creating a two-way link. Researchers said this type of setup may help address key limits [...]
Leading neurorehabilitation charity Neurokinex is delighted to announce it has received over £19,000 of National Lottery funding to support its Step Up Scheme, enabling 40 individuals to access vital early-stage rehabilitation following spinal cord injury. The Step Up Scheme offers six free sessions of activity-based rehabilitation to people who are newly injured or diagnosed within [...]
A five-year study will examine V3 neurons, with the aim of one day helping people with spinal cord injury stand again. The University of Alberta team is led by David Bennett, professor in the faculty of rehabilitation medicine, and has been awarded CA$1.39m by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. It is one of 23 [...]
Hypnotic therapy reduced spinal cord injury pain after six weekly remote sessions, outperforming usual care in a new study. Six weekly remote sessions combining hypnosis with cognitive therapy significantly reduced pain intensity, compared with usual clinical care, among patients with spinal cord injury. Senior author Mark P. Jensen, is professor of rehabilitation medicine [...]
A recent spinal injury study could lead to new stem cell therapies after rare neurons were found to reconnect damaged spinal circuits and trigger leg muscle activity. Scientists transplanted neural progenitor cells, early-stage cells that can develop into different types of nerve cell, into injured spinal cords in animal models and examined how the transplanted [...]
A spinal cord therapy being developed by a Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) team has gained EMA orphan status, which could help speed its development. The designation means the compound, based on the bioactive lipid molecule Maresin-1 (MaR1), could offer relevant clinical benefit in an area of high unmet medical need. Spinal cord [...]
By Catherine Wignall, ILS Case Management Working in complex traumatic brain injury case management has taught me that the technical aspects of rehabilitation are rarely the hardest part. What challenges me most — and what I find most rewarding - is the ongoing task of keeping everyone aligned: the client, their family, and the wide [...]
Matthew Reeve, the eldest son of Superman actor Christopher Reeve, has become a Patron of Spinal Research, the UK’s leading charity dedicated to curing paralysis. Matthew has been a Trustee and Board Member of Spinal Research for seven years but has now taken on the role of Patron to more actively support a new era [...]
A brain implant has enabled two people with paralysis to communicate through rapid, accurate typing using attempted finger movements. The device was tested in two BrainGate clinical trial participants, one with advanced amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, and the other with a spinal cord injury. A QWERTY keyboard was displayed in front of [...]
