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Peer-Reviewed Flexiciser Clinical Trials Published by the Journal for Spinal Cord Medicine
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Flexiciser International which provides movement therapy solutions for
people with mobility challenges today announced that its Clinical
Trials have been published by the Journal for Spinal Cord Medicine. The
Clinical Trials were completed by Dr. Todd Astorino, member of the
Board of Directors of the American Society of Exercise Physiologists,
and in collaboration with the Kinesiology Department at California
State University San Marcos, and Project Walk Spinal Cord Injury
Recovery Clinic. The results of this latest study demonstrate immediate
benefits in Heart Rate, Blood Pressure, Ratings of Perceived Exertion
and Oxygen Uptake.
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Botox Injections Bring Relief to Victims of Stroke, Spine, Brain Injury
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Best known for its use by individuals, celebrities and models to stave off “Father Time” and eliminate facial lines and wrinkles, the Botox injection is gaining increasing attention for its use in the treatment of a debilitating and painful condition known as spastic paralysis.
Also referred to as spasticity, spastic paralysis often occurs following a stroke, spinal cord injury, or brain injury. It is estimated that spasticity affects from 19 to 38 percent of stroke patients, often affecting the hands and wrists. Spastic paralysis results from the damage to the portion of the nervous system that controls and coordinates the movement of voluntary muscles (which are the muscles that allow us to walk, throw a ball, grip a pen, play the piano, sit in a chair, etc.)
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Stimulator Helps Spinal Cord Patients Take Giant Steps
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 Eleven-thousand people in the United States suffer from spinal cord injuries each year.
Men
are more at risk than women for this type of injury, accounting for 80
percent of them. Those between the ages of 16 and 30 are most likely to
suffer such an injury. Most of the time, a spinal cord injury will
result in permanent paralysis and loss of sensation below the area of
the spine where the injury took place.
A quadriplegic or
tetraplegic is paralyzed throughout most of their body, including their
arms and legs while only the lower body of a paraplegic is paralyzed.
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Pneumatics Provide Tight Position Control
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Spinal cord injury (SCI) has potentially devastating consequences. As
of June 2006, over 253,000 people in the U.S. had structural or
functional issues related to spinal cord injuries. Evaluation of spinal
implant devices requires testing systems that can replicate the complex
motions and loads human joints commonly undergo. Continually improving
equipment that can perform tests of strength, range-of-motion, and
endurance contributes to breakthroughs in the treatment of SCI patients.
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Pressure mapping system identifies right cushion to prevent sores for wheelchair users
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 According to Patricia Valenza, a physical therapist at Sunnyview,
pressure mapping is a thin mat, measuring approximately 18 by 18 inches
that has 256 sensors for sensing pressure at different parts of the
sitting surface.
“When a patient sits on the mat, the sensors read pressure at
individual locations on the thighs and buttocks,” said Valenza.
“This data is transferred to a computer, where we can analyze it
and determine where pressure sores may occur.”
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FDA Approves Diaphragm-Pacing Device
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Device can help paralysis patients breathe without a ventilator for at least four hours
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it approved the NeuRx DPS RA/4 Respiratory Stimulation System, an implantable electronic device that stimulates the diaphragm and allows certain spinal cord injury patients to breathe for at least four hours a day without a mechanical ventilator.
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Nanotechnology may help spinal cord injury
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U.S. researchers say they have created a nano-engineered gel that can enable severed spinal cord fibers to regenerate and grow.
Spinal
cord injuries often lead to permanent paralysis and loss of sensation
because the damaged nerve fibers can't regenerate, Northwestern
University scientists said. Although nerve fibers or axons have the
capacity to re-grow, they don't because they're blocked by scar tissue
that develops around the injury.
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Nano Scaffold Developed To Rebuild Nerve Damage
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A Monash University PhD student has developed a new technique that
could revolutionise stem cell treatment for Parkinson's disease and
spinal cord injury.
David Nisbet from Monash University's Department of Materials
Engineering has used existing polymer-based biodegradable fibres, 100
times smaller than a human hair, and re-engineered them to create a
unique 3-D scaffold that could potentially allow stem cells to repair
damaged nerves in the human body more quickly and effectively.
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Drug can help patients heal from spinal cord injuries
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According to the Spinal Cord Injury Information Network, there are
about 11,000 new spinal cord injuries each year. Car accidents have
been responsible for nearly 50 percent of spinal cord injuries since
2000, and falls have been the second most common cause of spinal cord
injuries. Currently, about 253,000 Americans are living with a spinal
cord injury.
Dr. Michael Fehlings from Toronto Western Hospital is
studying a new drug to treat spinal cord injuries soon after they
happen.
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Doctors on the Scene Acted Quickly to Treat Everett With Cold Therapy
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In the moments after a serious spinal cord injury paralyzed Kevin Everett of the Buffalo Bills below the shoulders, doctors began an innovative treatment based on a familiar premise: apply ice to reduce swelling.
In this case, though, instead of using ice, doctors chilled Everett
from the inside, infusing cold fluids into his veins. The treatment is
experimental, though, and medical experts caution that it is impossible
to say in an individual case whether it helped or hurt.
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