Exercise therapy research gives improved outcomes in spinal cord injury

Exercise therapy research at the University of Newcastle has brought profound improvements to limbs that were paralysed. Neurophysiologist Dr Michelle Rank believes exercise is more beneficial than any other therapy currently available, even for patients with long-term injuries. Read more… Dr…

InVivo Therapeutics announce third clinical trial site for neuro-spinal scaffold

The Barrow Neurological Institute (BNI) in Phoenix, AZ, is now open for enrollment for patients with acute spinal cord injury in InVivo Therapeutic’s clinical trial for their scaffold designed to facilitate neural growth in spinal cord injury. BNI at St.…

How ageing can intensify damage of spinal cord injury

In the complex environment of a spinal cord injury, Ohio State University researchers have found that immune cells in the central nervous system of elderly mice fail to activate an important signaling pathway, dramatically lowering chances for repair after injury.…

Man moves paralysed hand with his own thoughts

http://youtu.be/fEbioFpdK5E 23-year old Ian Burkhart has become the first patient ever to move his paralysed hand by using his thoughts. The team at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center implanted a chip in Ian’s head to read his thoughts about…

Making sense of large numbers of papers that claim benefits for SCI

A compelling paper came out in the literature this month – not because it  suggests a novel therapy for spinal cord injury; it’s rather more wonky than that. It’s attempting to make vast amounts of data more shareable and less…

Neural devices to activate and rehabilitate the injured spinal cord – Dr. Chet Moritz

http://vimeo.com/82751773 Dr. Moritz summarizes the current state-of-the-art in brain-computer interfaces and neural devices, then discusses the technique of intraspinal stimulation and its potential rehabilitative benefits. (Courtesy of Unite 2 Fight Paralysis)

ChinaSCINet plans phase III trial for 120 subjects with chronic complete SCI in Norway, India & HK

The China Spinal Cord Injury Network (ChinaSCINet) recently conducted phase-two clinical trials in Hong Kong and Kunming, where umbilical cord blood cells were transplanted together with lithium into people with chronic complete spinal cord injury. The results of these trials…