Patients find physical therapy is far easier to take when using ...
Pioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USA
A 78-year-old with a spinal cord injury was so enthused by the Wii tennis game at Sister Kenny that he surpassed his therapists' goals and is planning real ...
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'Bad choice' leads to paralysis
Dubuque Telegraph Herald - Dubuque,IA,USA
About 600 people in Iowa annually become paralyzed after a spinal-cord injury. Another 5000 will suffer traumatic brain injuries. ...
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Serving Those Who Served
Gather.com - Boston,MA,USA
In 1977, while serving on active duty with the US Army, Sebastian DeFrancesco, 54, of Santa Cruz, CA, sustained a C5, 6 spinal cord injury in a jeep ...
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Comparison of Autograft and Allograft Fixation in Pemberton Osteotomy
Ortho SuperSite - Thorofare,NJ,USA
In the autograft group, 8 of 21 procedures (38%) were performed on patients with neuromuscular disorders; 6 of the 8 patients had either spinal cord injury ...
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9 Out Of 10 Patients Walk Again In Some Form With Device, Therapy
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
On average, it happens every hour of every day - someone suffers a spinal cord injury** that can leave them paralyzed for life. An innovative device from ...
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Billingham rugby lad out of intensive care
GazetteLive - Middlesbrough,UK
... was playing for Billingham Under-17s when he was injured in a ruck, fracturing a bone in his neck with two vertebrae compressing his spinal cord. ...
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