Orthopedic nurse stretching spinal cord and shoulder of elder patient with injury for physiotherapy. Seniors have a tougher time recovering from a spinal cord injury Their neurological recovery is the ...

Older age may be associated with poorer functional outcomes after spinal cord injury, but does not seem to affect neurologic recovery.

Spinal cord injury is one of the leading causes of long-term disability worldwide, often impacting young people who face a lifetime of physical and neurological challenges ahead. A new study questions ...

Dr Suparno Ganguly, Director of Neurorehabilitation, Institute of Neuroscience, Kolkata, has co-authored a book along with Dr ...

Silent cells deep in your spinal cord may hold a surprising key to healing after devastating injuries and brain disease. A ...

A brain cap and smart algorithms may one day help paralyzed patients turn thought into movement—no surgery required.

Routine blood samples, such as those taken daily at any hospital and tracked over time, could help predict the severity of an injury and even provide insights into mortality after spinal cord damage, ...

To help close this critical funding gap, the Reeve Foundation and Spinal Research issued an open call for projects studying new or repurposed drugs and biologics, nonclinical work for medical devices, ...

But their functional recovery lags, possibly because of other age-related health problems MONDAY, Dec. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — It’s tougher for older folks to recover from a spinal cord injury, a ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A new study published on December 23, 2025, in Neurology ®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, looks at how age may affect recovery for people with spinal cord ...