Ninety percent of paralyzed patients regained strength or function in their upper limbs after receiving an experimental therapy, a new study found. After receiving spinal cord simulation from ONWARD ...

Traumatic spinal cord injuries significantly increase the risk of developing chronic conditions like diabetes, high blood ...

In 2021, Stacye Westington tripped over a rug, and as she lay on the floor in her Kingston home, she became aware that a glass she had been holding was broken. A shard was cutting her arm. It hurt.

Spinal cord interface and stimulation surgeries are offering new hope to paralysed patients by restoring movement via digital ...

EINDHOVEN, the Netherlands & LAUSANNE, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ONWARD Medical N.V. (Euronext: ONWD), the medical technology company creating innovative therapies to restore movement, ...

Millions of people worldwide are living with chronic spinal cord injuries, with 250,000 to 500,000 new cases each year -- most from vehicle crashes or falls. The most severe spinal cord injuries ...

Like a slender, fragile vine made of highly sensitive tissue and a billion neurons, your spinal cord is like a living ...

A noninvasive spinal stimulation device safely improves upper-extremity function in people with a cervical spinal cord injury (SCI), results of a prospective nonsignificant risk trial suggest. The ...

People with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease, usually experience muscle weakness that impacts movement. New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation ...

Precision Neuroscience’s brain-computer interface—a wireless device that aims to restore function to people with paralysis—is ...