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RECOVERING FROM MOUNTAIN BIKE ACCIDENT
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Last fall we brought you the story of Neil Maberry. Maberry suffered a debilitating spinal cord injury after a mountain bike accident this past August. Reporter Brian Latham talked with Neil Mayberry about his will to walk again.
Only three weeks ago, this wasn't possible, now with some assistance, Neil Maberry is up and exercising, going faster all the time.
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Mayo Clinic researchers have created a method
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ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic researchers have created a method for measuring the growth of new spinal cord nerve fibers in rats, an advance that allows them to quickly determine nerve regeneration rate and what variables in the nerve-growth environment best support it. The finding is important because it is a first step in laboratory animal models that will help scientists refine and improve nerve repair and regrowth in spinal cord injuries. While much basic science remains to be completed, this path of discovery could possibly lead one day to new therapies to reverse paralysis in human patients who have suffered complete spinal cord injury. The findings will be presented April 30 in San Francisco at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.
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Spinal cord patient optimistic about future
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POCATELLO - Neil Maberry, victim of a mountain biking accident, believes he is going to walk again. "I have faith that within about three years of the time of my actual accident I will be able to meet a stranger, who will have no idea of my spinal cord injury," said the radio station manager. He suffered the injury Aug. 6, 2003.
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Robotic technology teaches spinal cord injury patients to walk again
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A 50-year-old man paralyzed from the neck down in a devastating motorcycle accident a year ago is learning to walk again with the help of a robot named Lokomat at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Chuck Benefield of Dallas was riding his motorcycle on a quiet country road when a car rear-ended him, throwing him from the bike. When he awoke from a coma 11 days later, he learned he was paralyzed.
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National Neurosurgery Awareness Week Kicks Off During 72nd Annual Meeting
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Newswise — The First Annual Neurosurgery Awareness Week kicks off this year from May 1 to May 6 during the 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) in Orlando, Florida. Over 2,800 neurosurgical medical professionals will meet in Orlando to further their continuing medical education in specialty areas including trauma, pain, tumor, cerebrovascular, spine and peripheral nerves, stereotactic, and pediatrics. The awareness week is designed to further educate the public about neurosurgery. Whether it’s low back pain, Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, carpal tunnel syndrome, or brain tumors, Neurosurgery Awareness week will help people understand when it is time to see a neurosurgeon for treatment.
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Stem Cell Spinal Nerves Break Through
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Exiting of spinal cord a step to their use for treating paralysis Stem cell-derived nerves have been prompted to migrate through the spinal cord in mice, an important step to their use for treating spinal cord damage in humans.
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Ontario Government Pays Tribute to Canada's Man in Motion, Rick Hansen
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Hansen Recognized for his Outstanding Contributions to Spinal Cord Injury and Disability Awareness TORONTO, April 29 /CNW/ - Premier Dalton McGuinty and Dr. Marie Bountrogianni, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration with responsibility for disability issues, paid tribute to Rick Hansen at a reception today at Queen's Park celebrating Hansen's latest project, Wheels In Motion.
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Spinal cord patient optimistic about future
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"I have faith that within about three years of the time of my actual accident I will be able to meet a stranger, who will have no idea of my spinal cord injury," said the radio station manager. He suffered the injury Aug. 6, 2003.
Maberry faces the future optimistically, drawing from a spiritual reawakening that happened shortly before his accident.
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Robotic technology teaches spinal cord injury patients to walk again
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A 50-year-old man paralyzed from the neck down in a devastating motorcycle accident a year ago is learning to walk again with the help of a robot named Lokomat at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
Chuck Benefield of Dallas was riding his motorcycle on a quiet country road when a car rear-ended him, throwing him from the bike. When he awoke from a coma 11 days later, he learned he was paralyzed.
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National Neurosurgery Awareness Week Kicks Off During 72nd Annual Meeting
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Newswise — The First Annual Neurosurgery Awareness Week kicks off this year from May 1 to May 6 during the 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) in Orlando, Florida.
When people hear the word “neurosurgeon,” most think “brain surgeon.” Neurosurgeons do operate on the brain, but they actually spend about 70 percent of their time treating spine problems.
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April 2004
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