CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spinal Elements, a spine technology company, today announced the release of its Clutch interspinous process device. This new product further enhances the breadth of ...

Patrick Stroman's work mapping the function and information processing of the spinal cord could improve treatment for spinal cord injuries. "Basic physiology books describe the spinal cord as a relay ...

Touch—the first sense to develop in the womb—is fundamental to our bodily experience and our everyday lives. Yet, as the least studied of the five senses, it remains somewhat mysterious at the ...

Placement of a catheter in the lumbar epidural space allows for the administration of analgesic and local anesthetic agents to a series of dorsal- and ventral-nerve roots that exit the spinal cord and ...

Spinal compression fractures are another source of back pain for which do not we do not see a lot of coverage. However, in our field, I find that these are one of the most common causes of back pain ...

A clay shoveler’s fracture is a rare type of fracture that occurs in the back. Because it is a relatively stable fracture, most people will not need surgery to repair the break. This fracture occurs ...

Paralyzing damage in spinal cord injury (SCI) is often caused by the zealous immune response to the injury. NIBIB-funded engineers have developed nanoparticles that lure immune cells away from the ...