The average age of spinal cord injury patients is 43 — a significant increase from the 1970s when the average age of a patient was 29. The most common cause of spinal cord injury is a car accident, ...

Elle Yona went from performing as a competitive high school dancer and learning to drive, to being paralyzed from the neck down.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) patients often rely on their loved ones as caregivers for help with daily tasks. Caring for a loved ...

Two types of back injury are spondylolisthesis and cervical radiculopathy. Both have their own set of symptoms, causes, and treatments. The spine, or backbone, is made up of a column of 33 bones ...

Paralysis caused by serious spinal cord injuries affects more than 150,000 patients in Japan alone, with 5,000 new cases each ...

The statistics were shared during the inauguration of a five-day training programme at the NELS Skill Centre on the IGIMS ...

Researchers have used genetic tools to investigate how specific nerve cells in the brain respond after a spinal cord injury.

W.M. Dear W.M.: CSF surrounds and supports the brain and spinal cord ... Trauma is the most common cause of a CSF leak. This can be in the form of a skull fracture, whether at the base of the ...