Study design: Single subject pilot. Objectives: (i) To see whether strength and endurance for recreational cycling by functional electrical stimulation (FES) are possible following spinal cord injury ...

Who: Adults, age 18-99 with ASIA A-D traumatic thoracic injury without lower motor neuron involvement. To participate, you must be at least six months out from the injury and be in satisfactory ...

A pioneer in the field of rehabilitation, the MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute helps patients regain as much physical and cognitive function as possible so that they can get back to the things ...

Ever year, more than a million people in North America suffer some form of spinal cord injury (SCI), with an annual cost of more than $7 billion to treat and rehabilitate those patients. The medical ...

Derek Wolf, right, is principal investigator of the study designing a device combining functional electrical stimulation with a passive exoskeleton device to help restore hand grasping motions. For ...

An intelligent suit is hoped to significantly improve rehabilitation after a serious spinal cord injury. The AI-supported solution will be developed over the next three years by researchers from ...

EINDHOVEN, the Netherlands & LAUSANNE, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ONWARD Medical N.V. (Euronext: ONWD), the medical technology company creating innovative therapies to restore movement, ...

In 1978, Jatich's life changed abruptly when he dived into a shallow lake south of Akron, Ohio, and floated to the surface unable to move. His spinal cord was injured. After months of intensive ...

Scientists at Northwestern University in Chicago, with funding from the National Institutes of Health, have successfully bypassed the spinal cord and restored fine motor control to paralyzed limbs ...

The FESGlove system integrates a multi-channel stimulator, a human-machine interface, and a wearable glove with embedded silver fiber and hydrogel electrodes. Functional electrical stimulation is ...