Spinal injury
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 [...]
A trial will compare three stimulation approaches to restore touch in people with quadriplegia after spinal cord injury. Quadriplegia, paralysis of all four limbs caused by spinal cord injury, can leave people unable to feel objects they are trying to grasp or the sensation of holding another person's hand. A US$3.1m grant from the Eunice [...]
By R.F. Hunt A new podcast from the Spinal Injuries Association, I Didn’t Plan on This, gives those who are newly injured with a spinal cord injury, hope and support through guests with such injuries, showing how they’ve broken down barriers, not letting disability define who they are. When I sustained my spinal cord injuries [...]
Spinal stimulation may restore movement and sensation in people paralysed by spinal cord injury, a trial suggests. The clinical trial involved three people who had lost the use of their legs following complete spinal cord injuries. Participants received electrical stimulation of the spinal cord from electrode arrays implanted above and below their injury sites. [...]
Neurokinex Charitable Trust, the UK’s leading provider of activity-based rehabilitation for people living with paralysis, has opened a dedicated children’s space at its Bristol site. The purpose-built space is designed to transform rehabilitation for children with spinal cord injuries, neurological conditions and other causes of paralysis. The expansion has been made possible thanks to the [...]
