Macrophages are assigned to identify “attacks” from viruses, bacteria, or fungi However, these cells are a “double edged sword” in spinal cord injury, providing both neural repair-promoting properties and pathological functions that destroy neuronal tissue. Researchers from the University of Kentucky…
Month: September 2015
Brain-computer link enables paralyzed California man to walk
A brain-to-computer technology that can translate thoughts into leg movements has enabled a man paralyzed from the waist down by a spinal cord injury to become the first such patient to walk without the use of robotics. The feat was accomplished…
Stimulating damaged spines rewires rats for recovery
A study by Dr Steve Perlmutter and his colleagues at the University of Washington suggests that precisely controlled electrical stimulation can encourage the nervous system to create detours around a SCI lesion, allowing commands to get through from brain to…
Does early exercise attenuate muscle atrophy or bone loss after spinal cord injury?
Researchers conducted a comprehensive search (Any-2014) of eleven databases to identify studies evaluating exercise interventions initiated within 12 weeks after SCI on muscle and bone loss in paralyzed limbs. The results show consistent evidence of positive effects of early exercise…
Running again… just!
Earlier in the year Chris Barraclough had a close call with a spinal cord injury. He says, “I have never felt that kind of pain before and it took me … 2-3 months to be able to run without any…
Taking her work home…
SpinalCure’s Marketing & Events Coordinator, Kate Retallack is always ready to volunteer for a challenge. This year she clocked an impressive time in Sydney’s City2Surf fun-run raising over $1,300! Go Kate!
Back for another year's City2Surf
Thank you to Kara and the brave team Dubois-McNamara who returned to tackle the City2Surf’s Heartbreak Hill for a second year. The girls are inspired to run by their father who was paralysed in a motorbike accident.