Shakespeare called him a hunchback, but a new three-dimensional model of King Richard III's spiraling spine shows his true disability: adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Richard III, who ruled England ...
As people get older, the intervertebral discs in their spine tend to deteriorate, some of which end up being surgically replaced with implants. A new patient-specific spinal model, however, could help ...
Medtronic has secured FDA approval for its first closed-loop spinal cord stimulator, designed to take in signals from the body and adjust its therapy automatically. The Inceptiv implant for chronic ...
The effects of spinal cord injuries are complex and multifaceted. People lose not only the ability to control the movement of their limbs, but also the ability to receive sensory feedback from them.