About 1 in 50 Americans lives with some form of paralysis. Paraplegia is a type of paralysis that affects the lower half of your body and your ability to walk. It is often caused by injury. There is ...

Paraplegia is a medical condition involving impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities, which is a classification of paralysis, the universal term to describe the loss of ...

Researchers from the University of Seville and the Seville Institute of Biomedicine (IBiS), in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, have identified a new role for one of the genes related ...

Study design: Pott's paraplegic patients with severe spinal deformity were reviewed retrospectively after being treated with chemotherapy and/or decompressive surgery. Objectives: To determine the ...

Rare diseases, as the name indicates, only affect a small part of the population. However, for those affected they are particularly challenging, often especially because research into such rare ...

Five Northeastern University student-researchers have retrofitted a rowing machine with an ingenious device, allowing people with paraplegia to exercise without the aid of a trainer. The modified ...

Paraplegia and quadriplegia are two types of paralysis that often result from spinal cord injuries. According to 2013 estimates, nearly 5.4 million people in the United States live with paralysis.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) rostral to the lumbar locomotor center disrupts communication between the brain and the spinal circuits that control leg movements, leading to paraplegia. A research team led ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Paraplegia' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The medication(s) ...

Patients with spastic paraplegia type 15 develop movement disorders during adolescence that may ultimately require the use of a wheelchair. In the early stages of this rare hereditary disease the ...

Metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC) is a serious complication of metastatic prostate cancer (PCa). This study retrospectively evaluated patients who presented with paraplegia or quadriplegia ...

WASHINGTON, DC—In what may be the first data of its kind, investigators of a new, retrospective study say that paraplegic patients with acute MI do well when treated with PCI, but most may not be ...