How a Small Hospital on a Hill Helped Launch a Quest for Neuroprosthetics
For more than 40 years, Hunter Peckham has been working to help patients with spinal cord injuries live more independent, functional lives.
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New Research Seeks to Restore Functional Control of Arm and Hand for Those With Quadriplegia
Grant for $3 million from the U.S. Department of Defense supports the work being done at University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland FES Center.
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‘Somebody Has to Do the Research’
Bill Kochevar’s lasting legacy will be his selfless commitment to helping others with quadriplegia regain control over their limbs.
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$3 million grant supports creation of system to let thoughts move immobile arm in severely paralyzed patients
A $3 million grant from the United States Department of Defense is supporting a group of biomedical researchers as they look to advance a platform to allow unprecedented reanimation of paralyzed limbs under direct control of the brain.
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Injectable, flexible electrode could replace rigid nerve-stimulating implants
By electrically stimulating nerves, neuromodulation therapies can reduce epileptic seizures, soothe chronic pain, and treat depression and a host of other health conditions without the use of conventional drugs like opioids.
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Building the first holographic brain ‘atlas’
Researchers used Microsoft HoloLens to visualize, access pathways in human brain; project by Case Western Reserve’s Interactive Commons, School of Medicine, others
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VA News for Monday, November 4th, 2019
VA doctors are among a team of researchers at the Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation Center restoring respiratory function in Veterans with spinal cord injury
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Why It’s Time to Take Electrified Medicine Seriously
“The nervous system really uses electricity as its language,” says Robert Kirsch, chair of biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University and executive director of the Cleveland FES Center.
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This Treadmill May Help Unlock Secrets to Parkinson’s Disease
Researchers are investigating what causes patients to freeze while walking and how it can be avoided.
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Cleveland researchers develop technology to give spinal cord injury patients use of hands back
CLEVELAND — Ground-breaking, life-changing research is happening at MetroHealth Medical Center when it comes to spinal cord injuries and giving people function back.
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