Tag: Quality Of Life
Study shows bowel care is top concern for those with spinal cord injury
Cardiovascular physiology researcher Victoria Claydon's latest study, published in the Journal of Neurotrauma, focuses on the results of her multi-national study, which surveyed almost...
Disabled TV Host’s Speech ‘Why Am I Still Alive’ Which Has Inspired Millions Despite...
You might have come across her inspirational speech being shared online, in which she talked about how her husband jumped out of the car...
Quadriplegic with ‘Extreme Home Makeover’ defies odds, still improving
Brian Keefer has always been an adrenaline junkie.
A 2008 gymnastics accident in which Keefer suffered a spinal cord injury that left him a quadriplegic...
For more than 30 years, A-1 Scuba and Craig Hospital have partnered to provide...
Deep beneath the surface of a crystal blue pool or a dark green ocean, differences tend to fade. As a former physical therapist at...
LeGrand and Nichols inspire spinal cord patients together
NEW BRUNSWICK – Promoting positivity, Eric LeGrand and Mike Nichols took several pediatric patients by surprise with a visit at PSE&G Children’s Specialized Hospital...
Gloves for Life
Enable Your Hands — Enable Your Life!
These unique push gloves are designed to help quadriplegics and others with limited dexterity by making it more...
‘It’s all about adapting’: How a wheelchair user made his house accessible
Thomas Rogers's house has a lowered kitchen counter, wide hallways, and a elevator
When it comes to what he can and can't do in his...
They created a computer station — and changed a quadriplegic patient’s life
With hard work and ingenuity, three VCU occupational therapy students devised a swiveling computer table that will help Derrick Bayard increase his independence....
Quadriplegic is living a full life
Bungee jumping, paragliding and kite-surfing. Not everyone can do these extreme sports, but these are just a few of the things that Brenton Swartz,...
Patients with paralysis learn how to scuba dive at the Kennedy Krieger Institute
As her father guided her wheelchair down the ramp alongside the Kennedy Krieger Institute’s pool on Saturday, 12-year-old Tylena Fisher fiddled with the folds...
