Articles - Medical Tech en-us http://www.thescizone.com/info N/A http://www.thescizone.com/info webmaster@thescizone.com 20 http://www.thescizone.com/info/articles/488/1/Analog-chip-could-be-Rx-for-spinal-cord-injury/1.html There\'s a reason that a broken neck or back is considered to be one of the most tragic of injuries. If the spinal cord snaps, the brain loses its ability to communicate with the rest of the body, and the limbs to talk to each other. What most people don\'t realize is that when it comes to locomotion, the second problem is actually worse than the first. The chicken with its head cut off can still run around, thanks to its spinal cord: The brain gave the signal to get going, then became superfluous to requirements. But if the limbs can't "speak" to each other to coordinate, then walking is impossible.Researchers at Johns Hopkins University (JHU; Baltimore) saw a way of getting around the problem. It turns out that the coordinated movements of limbs in all sorts of animals (including chickens) are produced by a central pattern generator (CPG). webmaster@thescizone.com (Super Admin) Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/info/articles/70/1/Manual-Wheelchair-Measurement-Guide/Page-1.html Manual Wheelchair Setup webmaster@thescizone.com (Super Admin) Tue, 03 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/info/articles/69/1/Power-Wheelchair-Setup/Page-1.html Power Wheelchair Measurement Guide webmaster@thescizone.com (Super Admin) Tue, 03 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/info/articles/85/1/Hand-implant-gives-quadriplegics-new-grasp-on-life/Page-1.html  WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Quadriplegics, people paralyzed from the neck down, know they are lucky if they can breathe by themselves, much less ever regain any use of their hands. But a surgical implant approved Monday by the Food and Drug Administration promises to deliver just that. webmaster@thescizone.com (Super Admin) Mon, 18 Aug 1997 00:00:00 -0400