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2023 APR 8 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Investigators discuss new findings in Central Nervous System Diseases and Conditions - [...]

2023 FEB 11 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Investigators publish new report on Cardiovascular Diseases and Conditions - Aortic Dissection. [...]

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is the second most common cause of paralysis in the United States, with a prevalence exceeding 1.3 million people. (1) Of those people with SCI, approximately [...], Background. Circuit resistance training (CRT) should promote favorable kinematics (scapular posterior tilt, upward rotation, glenohumeral or scapular external rotation) to protect the shoulder from mechanical impingement following paraplegia. Understanding kinematics during CRT may provide a biomechanical rationale for exercise positions and exercise selection promoting healthy shoulders. Objective. The purposes of this study were: (1) to determine whether altering hand position during CRT favorably modifies glenohumeral and scapular kinematics and (2) to compare 3-dimensional glenohumeral and scapular kinematics during CRT exercises. Hypotheses. The hypotheses that were tested were: (1) modified versus traditional hand positions during exercises improve kinematics over comparable humerothoracic elevation angles, and (2) the downward press demonstrates the least favorable kinematics. Design. This was a cross-sectional observational study. Methods. The participants were 18 individuals (14 men, 4 women; 25-76 years of age) with paraplegia. An electromagnetic tracking system acquired 3-dimensional position and orientation data from the trunk, scapula, and humerus during overhead press, chest press, overhead pulldown, row, and downward press exercises. Participants performed exercises in traditional and modified hand positions. Descriptive statistics and 2-way repeated-measures analysis of variance were used to evaluate the effect of modifications and exercises on kinematics. Results. The modified position improved kinematics for downward press (glenohumeral external rotation increased 4.5° [P =.016; 95% CI = 0.7, 8.3] and scapular external rotation increased 4.4° [P < .001; 95% CI = 2.5, 6.3]), row (scapular upward rotation increased 4.6° [P < .001; 95% CI = 2.3, 6.9]), and overhead pul ldown (glenohumeral external rotation increased 18.2° [P Limitations. It is unknown whether faulty kinematics causes impingement or whether pre-existing impingement causes altered kinematics. Three-dimensional modeling is needed to verify whether 'favorable' kinematics increase the subacromial space. Conclusions. Hand position alters kinematics during CRT and should be selected to emphasize healthy shoulder mechanics.

A patient may develop paraplegia after a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair since the spinal cord may be damaged by spinal cord ischemia after surgery. Interventions to protect spinal cord perfusion are discussed.

It's been all over the media--four men with paraplegia received a spinal stimulator that allowed them to voluntarily move their legs in a study performed at the University of Louisville [...]

Byline: BY D. T. MAX ONE SMALL STEP A paraplegic undergoes pioneering surgery. When a spinal cord is damaged, location is destiny: the higher the injury, the more severe the [...]

A man whose legs have been paralyzed for five years walked several feet late last September thanks to a new brain-computer interface technology. Paralyzed in both legs because of spinal [...]

The cardiovascular responses of persons with thoracic level SCI () and ND (non disabled) during matched levels of arm-crank (AC) exercise are examined. The results reveal that Q (cardiac output) is significantly lower in SCI than in ND during AC

A phrase which should inform my practice My father was in hospital, paraplegic from a cord compression by a secondary from prostate cancer. He would never walk again. He had [...]

A medical condition acute paraplegia has been explained with an example and the procedure to be followed for treatment has been elaborated.

LOS ANGELES IF YOUR spinal cord is severed, you will never walk again, because your brain can no longer tell your legs what to do. Or so the thinking goes. [...]

High-tech rehab research goes mobile Researchers are optimistic about recent, experimental improvements in an orthopedic device that allows paraplegics to assume upright posture and a nearly normal walk with only [...]