Medical robotics company Myomo has begun fitting adolescents with a robotic arm brace called MyoPro. The brace is designed to help users suffering from diseases or injuries that result in weakened or ...

When Kadi DeHaan took her first steps in December, two years after a car accident forced her into a wheelchair, she did it in typical Kadi style: low-key, nonchalant and with a confident grin.

A new rehabilitation hospital is now officially open in Escondido and its specialized equipment is aiding in the recovery process. "I’m lucky to be alive," said 77-year-old Doug Bailey, who was ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich.---When someone's spinal cord is completely severed, brain signals can no longer reach the legs to tell the legs to walk. A study in this month's journal Spinal Cord shows that those ...

The injury soldiers are most appalled by is severance of the spinal cord. In World War I it meant almost certain death; the few who lived were hopelessly paralyzed. Since D-day in Normandy, more than ...