The original story “ Electrical stimulation can restore ability to move limbs after spinal cord injury ” is published in The ...

The effects of spinal cord injuries are complex and multifaceted. People lose not only the ability to control the movement of their limbs, but also the ability to receive sensory feedback from them.

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers carrying out a small pilot clinical trial demonstrating that a drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive ...

Researchers at Brown University have demonstrated that targeted electrical stimulation of the spinal cord can restore both ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that Medtronic can’t be sued by a man who alleged the company’s spinal cord stimulator malfunctioned, according to a document filed March 25.

People with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease, usually experience muscle weakness that impacts movement. New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation ...

In 2006, Wolfgang Jäger was in his 30s when a skiing accident left the young Austrian wheelchair-bound from a spinal cord injury. Fast-forward to today, where an innovative deep-brain stimulation ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the lateral hypothalamus (LH) improves walking and promotes recovery in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), new research showed. This intervention excites ...

MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — South Florida patients suffering from chronic pain are finding relief through spinal cord stimulation, a therapy that uses targeted electrical signals to block pain from ...

With a zap of electricity from well-placed electrodes on the back of the neck, patients with tetraplegia can regain some modest yet potentially “life-changing” functioning of their hands and arms, ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that Medtronic can’t be sued by a man who alleged the company’s spinal cord stimulator malfunctioned, according to a document filed March 25.