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8th Annual State of the Art Medical/Legal Conference a Success
The 8th Annual State of the Art Medical and Rehabilitative Care in Brain Injury: Clinical and Legal Implications Conference was held at the Silverado Resort in Napa, California on November 16-17, with a fundraising Golf Tournament on November 18th. The conference was hosted in collaboration with the Scarlett Law Group. Conference attendees and speakers traveled to [...]
Continue reading...Scientists seek to help ‘locked-in’ man speak
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
NEW YORK (CNN) — It’s been described as the closest thing to being buried alive — complete paralysis of the body, except for controlled movement of the eyes.
Continue reading...JRRD tipsheet: Focus on stroke, Parkinson’s treatment, wheelchair durability
Monday, October 2, 2006
Rehabilitation Chronic stroke patients benefit from robotic upper-limb rehabilitation, Intense, short-term, upper-limb robotic therapy improved motor outcomes among chronic stroke patients. Investigators enrolled 30 patients with upper-limb impairment due to stroke. Over 3 weeks, 18 sessions of robot-assisted therapy were delivered with the use of a robotic exercise device. Significant improvements were observed for severely impaired participants, [...]
Continue reading...Physicians And Engineers Pool Resources To Prevent Stroke
Friday, September 29, 2006
A professor at the University of Houston and his research students are working with physicians and scientists at the Methodist Neurological Institute on new technology to help identify which brain aneurysms are at highest risk of rupture and could cause a stroke.
Continue reading...Smell the roses, and be grateful
Friday, September 29, 2006
Anosmics – those without a sense of smell – miss something often taken for granted. By Bryan David Finlayson I was 13 when I lost my sense of smell. Skateboarding downhill in Santa Barbara, Calif., my stepbrother Christian and I were racing. It was not important where we were going; there was no reward for winning, no punishment [...]
Continue reading...Cal Poly Volunteers and Local Business Team Up to Help Local Nonprofit Organization
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Newswire Services April 17, 2006 MORRO BAY, Calif. – Through the Community Center at Cal Poly, volunteers are heading out to Morro Bay on Sunday, April 23, 2006, to paint a group home operated by OPTIONS Family of Services. Paint and some needed supplies were donated by the Morro Bay Miner’s Ace Hardware Store.
Continue reading...Saviors with scalpels
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
South Sound medics in Iraq ensure 96% survival rate at Balad Air Base SEAN COCKERHAM; The News Tribune Published: May 7th, 2006 01:00 AM Balad Air Base, Iraq – Maj. Brett Schlifka of Puyallup was up all night in this tent hospital that nurses describe as “‘M*A*S*H’ on steroids.”
Continue reading...Intermagnetics’ Invivo Subsidiary Awarded $500,000 Federal Grant to Develop Advanced MRI System to Diagnose, Treat Brain Injuries
Tuesday, August 1, 2006
Invivo Partners With Office of Naval Research to Devise Substantial Improvement in Caring for Casualties From Overseas Combat Zones LATHAM, N.Y., April 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Intermagnetics General Corporation (NASDAQ: IMGC) today announced that its subsidiary, Invivo Corporation, has been awarded a $500,000 Department of Defense grant to develop an integrated hardware and software system that will [...]
Continue reading...Brain-injury victim prepares for run
Friday, April 28, 2006
At 21 years old Tracy Lussenhop-Caldwell learned to walk, talk, read and write and just about everything else most people take for granted.
Continue reading...Common Testing: Will it Help With TBI Diagnosis?
Monday, August 1, 2005
Family members, as well as victims, often learn of various tests purportedly administered following traumatic brain injury. Whether the tests were administered in a given case, and whether positive results were found, may not conclusively establish, nor rule out, the existence of brain injury. Nonetheless, brief description of common tests follows:
Continue reading...- The specific brain areas related to memory impairment in mTBI
- Degeneration of Peripheral Motor Axons After Spinal Cord Injury
- How Survivors of Childhood TBI Transition To Adulthood
- Depression has “additive effect” on mTBI symptoms
- Visual tracking is a practical screening tool for mTBI
- QEEG in recovery after sports-related brain injury
- A clinical test to help decide whether to order a CT scan or not
- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) improves spasticity after spinal cord injury.
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