Spinal cord stimulators are designed to address back pain and can be used as part of a patient's treatment plan.

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The center, founded by former race car driver Sam Schmidt, moved from Las Vegas and will become the second DRIVEN ...

Schmidt a paraplegic, he opens Driven NeuroRecovery in Indy to help people find hope, purpose after paralysis.

A thorough history and a complete physical examination are necessary to differentiate SCC from other conditions. The APN must ask about the location, radiation, and duration of the pain, as well ...

Washington University scientists developed an immunotherapy that significantly reduces spinal cord injury damage in mice by modifying T cells, offering a new treatment avenue that could extend to ...

Marmosets are the first nonhuman primates known to use name-like labels for individuals, a new study suggests. By Emily Anthes The common marmoset is a certified chatterbox. The small, South ...

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An Alabama jury has awarded $160 million to a man who fractured his neck due to the allegedly defective design of a heavy-duty truck that left him with incomplete quadriplegia following a ...

The spinal cord is a column of nerve tissue that runs from the base of the skull down the center of the back, according to the National Cancer Institute. This highway of nerves transmits messages from ...

An epidural block is injected into the space outside of the sac of fluid around the spinal cord called the epidural space. However, a spinal block is injected into the fluid around the spinal cord. An ...

Held in the backdrop of Spinal Cord Injury Day -- and marking the conclusion of the fourth edition of National Injury Prevention Week (September 1-7) -- the programme was graced by the presence of ...