At the end of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywalker feels when a needle pricks his newly-installed bionic hand. Researchers report today in the journal Science Translational Medicine that they can do something similar: stimulating regions of a human test subject’s brain with electrodes can recreate the perception of touch in a robotic hand. Read…
CLEVELAND and ALPHARETTA, Ga. – What if eliminating physical pain was a matter of flipping a switch to block it? No drug needed. When it’s time to stop the block, just turn it off. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University hope to eventually treat chronic or acute pain by using energy-based neuromodulation technology, which is…
New electrical stimulation therapy may improve hand function after stroke DALLAS, Sept. 8, 2016 — A new electrical stimulation therapy helped stroke survivors with hand weakness improve hand dexterity more than an existing stimulation technique, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Stroke. About 800,000 people in the United States have strokes…
Paralyzed people regained some motion after operating a brain-controlled robotic exoskeleton. Learn more…
Finding may help in understanding memory formation, treating epilepsy. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University discovered a new way that brain waves spread through the hippocampus—a possible step toward understanding and treating epilepsy. Read more…
A researcher at Case Western Reserve University has been awarded a four-year, $2.4 million federal grant to uncover how high-frequency electrical stimulation to the spinal cord reduces or eliminates chronic pain. Read more…
A researcher at Case Western Reserve University received a $2.4 million federal grant to figure out why high-frequency electrical stimulation to the spinal cord reduces or eliminates chronic pain. Read more…
An innovative prosthetic hand is allowing people to feel again Igor Spetic, 49, lost his right hand in a work related accident five years ago. But on Oct. 9, he got to bring home an innovative prosthetic hand for the first time, one that not only has more precise gripping, but gives him back his…
New Artificial Skin Is Sensitive to Touch and Feels Changes in Pressure It’s thin, flexible, made of organic material, and understands a range of pressures. Just like your fingertips. In fact, patches of this artificial skin already have been painted on mechanical hand-like prosthesis. Read more…
P. Hunter Peckham, PhD was presented the 2015 Case Western Reserve Medal for Health Science Innovation, the School of Medicine’s highest honor, for his efforts in advancing research, education, and care in extraordinary ways.