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Category: Current clinical trials

Category: Current clinical trials

BREATHE: The Spinal cord injury, Mind and HeART (SMART) Study

Posted on: March 29, 2023 Categorized in: News, Research, Current clinical trials
A clinical trial, funded through the $15m NSW Government grants offered as a result of SpinalCure’s call for funding of spinal cord injury research, is now looking for volunteers. How we breathe influences many aspects of health and wellbeing. Ancient…
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Melbourne based neurostimulation study focusing on hand and arm function – volunteers wanted

Posted on: August 02, 2022 Categorized in: News, Research, Current clinical trials
Volunteers needed for a Melbourne-based neurostimulation clinical trial hoping to improve arm and hand function for quadriplegics.
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New trial using cannabis derivative for chronic pain following spinal cord injury

Posted on: June 08, 2022 Categorized in: News, Research, Current clinical trials
Half of all people with spinal cord injury (SCI) will develop chronic neuropathic pain—just one of the unseen effects that can be debilitating for the person with an injury. A clinical trial, funded through the $15m NSW Government grants offered…
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Camila Quel de Oliveira

Camila Quel de Oliveira wins Spinal Cord Injury Research Writing Prize 2021

Posted on: December 06, 2021 Categorized in: News, Research, Current clinical trials
We are excited to announce that Dr Camila Quel de Oliveira has won the Spinal Research Institute’s Spinal Cord Injury Research Writing Prize 2021. Her article discusses her SpinalCure-funded research on the use of robotics to improve arm and hand…
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Study reviews use of neurostimulation in early recovery from an SCI

Posted on: September 16, 2021 Categorized in: News, Research, Current clinical trials
A recent study has shown for the first time that transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation, also known as neurostimulation, can be used successfully in people while they are still recovering in hospital, writes Tom Elphick, SpinalCure Community Ambassador. Neurostimulation is one of…
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Embryonic Stem Cells

World-first study using adult-derived stem cells on spinal cord injury patients begins

Posted on: July 08, 2021 Categorized in: News, Research, Current clinical trials
The first clinical study using adult-derived stem cells with the aim of treating people with spinal cord injuries has begun in Japan, at Keio University. The research team, led by Prof. Masaya Makamura, an orthopedic specialist, and Prof. Hideyuki Okano,…
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Physiotherapist with trial participant

Landmark trial aims to help people with spinal cord injury walk again

Posted on: June 02, 2021 Categorized in: News, Research, Media releases, Current clinical trials
Wednesday 2 June, Sydney, Australia: Australian researchers are embarking on a landmark international trial which aims to help people with spinal cord injury walk again. Led by researchers at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) and primarily funded by SpinalCure Australia and…
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