Chronic pain conditions, characterized by persistent or recurrent pain in specific parts of the body, can be highly debilitating and often significantly reduce the quality of life of the individuals ...

A grid of electrodes placed on the backs of study participants delivered enough low-voltage electrical stimulation through ...

Functional electrical stimulation has been used to restore breathing to patients with spinal cord injury for several decades. It is a mature and reliable technology, and there are several commercial ...

Patients are suing medical device makers for selling spinal cord stimulators to treat chronic back pain but allegedly triggered worsening pain and electric shocks. The complaints, however ...

The study, “Neurodegeneration and Demyelination in the Multiple Sclerosis Spinal Cord Clinical, Pathological, and 7T MRI Perspectives,” was published in Neurology. MS is caused by inflammation ...

A woman who had a spinal cord stimulator implanted in 2020 is suing devicemaker Boston Scientific and the FDA over complications she experienced with the device. Dena Lawler received the Spectra ...

Robust Segmentation and Labeling of Vertebrae, Intervertebral Discs, Spinal Cord, and Spinal Canal in MRI Images Using nnU-Net and Iterative Algorithm.

This time, the surgeons faced a greater challenge. A second, smaller chordoma was strangling Flores’s spinal cord near the base of the skull. After much discussion, the medical team had decided ...

they were able to cue movement in the lower leg with transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation, or noninvasive, external electrical pulses. (Photo: Carolyn Atkinson) When a person sustains an injury to ...

A Somerset NHS clinical scientist is exploring whether a form of magnetic brain stimulation could revolutionise ... caused by compression of the spinal cord. Diane’s research forms part of ...