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Senate Bill Introduced To Create Separate Benefit Category for Complex Rehab Technology
Senators Chuck Shumer and Thad Cochran Join In Bipartisan Introduction of Senate Companion Bill S. 948
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Gadgets and Gizmos for Everyday - Gaylord Support Group May 13
Gaylord Hospital invites you to attend the Spinal Cord Injury Support Group, featuring Donald Hoerman, ATP from the NEAT Marketplace as he presents: "Gadgets and Gizmos for Everyday"
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CT Adaptive Rowing Program Launches for 2013
The CT Adaptive Rowing Program will offer two Orientation Sessions in May for the 2013 Season. Please click more for the dates and times.
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Ekso Bionics robotic suit eyes-on (video)
Since last we saw the Ekso Bionics robotic suit, which helps folks with lower-extremity paralysis or weakness to stand up and walk, the $110,000 exoskeleton has been on the market for about a year.
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Are You Suffering with Pain?
The Translational Pain Research Group at the Brigham and Women's Hospital is seeking individuals with pain as a result of Spinal Cord Injury to participate in a research study.
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3rd Annual Wheeling and Able Shelton Riverwalk Wheel/Walk for Fitness
The Third Annual Wheeling and Able Shelton Riverwalk Wheel/Walk for Fitness was held on Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 10:00 am in Shelton, CT.
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A Class for Family Caregivers @ Hospital for Special Care
Begining January 19, 2013, Powerful Tools for Caregivers will offer an educational program designed for family caregivers. This program will help you take care of yourself while caring for a relative or friend.
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All-terrain chairs open doors
Kurt Johnston, 28, of Osh Kosh, has gone turkey hunting in his chair in the fields and forests of Wisconsin. It's cool, he says. We tell everyone it looks like a tank.
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Nobel Winners Unlocked Cells Unlimited Potential
The two scientists who won this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine discovered that cells in our body have the remarkable ability to reinvent themselves.
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UK Paraplegic Woman Uses Robotic Suit to Walk
A British woman paralyzed from the chest down by a horse riding accident has become the first person to take home a robotic exoskeleton that enables her to walk.
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SCI Total Fitness Program Breaks Down the Barriers of Exercise For People with Spinal Cord Injury
SCI Total Fitness, an exercise ideology created by Physical Therapist Kristin McNealus, has launched the first online exercise program for people with spinal cord injuries.
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Paralyzed Rats Learn to Walk Again In Rehabilitation Experiment
Swiss scientists have restored mobility to rats paralyzed by spinal cord injuries, a development that could inspire new hope for people who've suffered from similar debilitation.
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Landmark Spinal Repair Stem Cell Trial
The fifth and final patient in the Geron Corp sponsored trial of a human embryonic-stem-cell-derived treatment for severe spinal cord injury was treated on Nov. 16. at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.
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Senate Bill Introduced To Create Separate Benefit Category for Complex Rehab Technology
5.17.2013 -
Gadgets and Gizmos for Everyday - Gaylord Support Group May 13
5.5.2013 -
CT Adaptive Rowing Program Launches for 2013
4.19.2013 -
Ekso Bionics robotic suit eyes-on (video)
4.8.2013 -
Are You Suffering with Pain?
3.20.2013 -
3rd Annual Wheeling and Able Shelton Riverwalk Wheel/Walk for Fitness
2.13.2013 -
A Class for Family Caregivers @ Hospital for Special Care
12.28.2012 -
All-terrain chairs open doors
12.27.2012 -
Nobel Winners Unlocked Cells Unlimited Potential
10.9.2012 -
UK Paraplegic Woman Uses Robotic Suit to Walk
9.20.2012 -
SCI Total Fitness Program Breaks Down the Barriers of Exercise For People with Spinal Cord Injury
7.13.2012 -
Paralyzed Rats Learn to Walk Again In Rehabilitation Experiment
6.15.2012 -
Landmark Spinal Repair Stem Cell Trial
12.6.2011 -
More Than Walking: filmakers SCI joureny
8.19.2011
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