An Ironman athlete, told she'd never walk again after an accident more than six years ago, is now part of an early clinical trial, in which skull and spine implants help patients move paralyzed limbs.

A stem cell treatment helped improve the ... the symptoms can vary widely, from pain to paralysis to incontinence. Spinal cord injuries are described at various levels of "incomplete", which ...

Clinical trials of a new, minimally invasive treatment for degenerated spinal discs have produced impressive results, significantly reducing back pain severity and improving function. It could mean ...

A new study suggests that the spinal cord can differentiate types of pain before the brain is even aware of the injury.

When a person sustains an injury to the spinal cord, the normal communication between the brain and the spinal circuits below the injury are interrupted, resulting in paralysis. Because the brain is ...

But it is still too early to determine the statistical effectiveness of the latest treatment because the sample size is so small. About 100,000 individuals in Japan have spinal cord injuries ...