A 45 year-old man developed pain radiating around his abdomen and down his legs, associated with weakness of the quadriceps. Knee reflexes were very brisk Herniated T9-10 Disk: Sagittal MRI scan of ...

Accidents, falls, and certain diseases can injure the spinal cord. How a spinal cord injury affects a person depends on two factors: the area of the spinal cord where the injury occurred and the ...

After suffering a severe cervical spinal cord injury from a bad fall at work, Scott McConnell had little function remaining in his hands and arms. Loyola Medicine orthopaedic surgeon Michael Bednar, ...

A new technique in which working nerves are rerouted to paralyzed sites in patients with spinal cord injury provides patients with significant functional improvement in upper limb and hand function ...