According to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center (NSCISC), vehicle crashes are currently the leading cause of injury, followed by falls, acts of violence (primarily gunshot wounds), and ...

Capitalizing on the flexibility of tiny cells inside the body's smallest blood vessels may be a powerful spinal cord repair ...

Orthostatic Hypotension (OH) is defined as a decrease in systolic blood pressure of 20 mmHg or more, or diastolic blood pressure of 10 mmHg or more with changes in position, which, for people with ...

In both mice and humans, spinal cord injury causes spasticity, pain, and loss of voluntary movement below the injury site. For years, researchers have sought a way to reconnect the severed neural ...

especially if the patient's injury interferes with activities of daily life. Spinal cord injuries have many causes, but are typically associated with major trauma from motor vehicle accidents ...