By Kristen Schorsch After years of hawking spinal implants, Joseph Jin knows there’s lots of money to be made from baby boomers and their aching backs. But it won’t be easy for his Chicago-based startup to break in. The demand
By Kristen Schorsch After years of hawking spinal implants, Joseph Jin knows there’s lots of money to be made from baby boomers and their aching backs. But it won’t be easy for his Chicago-based startup to break in. The demand
Paralympians of the future are still emerging from Buckinghamshire’s spinal injuries centre. The National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC) at Stoke Mandeville Hospital participated in the annual Inter Spinal Unit Games (ISUG) last week, run by Wheelpower For a number of
Researcher Donna D. Ohnmeiss, DrMed, analyzed studies published on the international website ClinicalTrials.gov and found the website had a nearly 39% publication rate for spine-related studies. Ohnmeiss conducted multiple searches on ClinicalTrials.gov to find studies related to commonly treated spinal conditions, such
By Meryl Lin Mckean OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — On Monday, a man from Iola, Kansas, became the first person in the U.S. to get a new implant that could make spinal fusion easier for patients. The device was invented by his
By Scott Dance Spinal injuries such as those that led to Freddie Gray‘s death while in police custody require “significant force” akin to the impact from a car accident and can fatally impair the body’s ability to regulate blood flow and
By Carlos Gonzalez Advances in spinal repair will allow people to regain movement and sensation by using cracked gold. Developed by Professors Stephanie Lacour and Gregoire Courtine at the Centre for Neuroprosthetics at Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, the
LOS ANGELES — Symptomatic femoroacetabular impingement developed in adolescents through athletic activities can be treated favorably with arthroscopy, according to data presented here at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting. “Athletic activities were implicated in the development of
By Laura Dyrda The CORE Institute made several key moves recently to expand the practice and position itself for success in the future. Based in Phoenix, the practice also has locations in Michigan and will be expanding into additional states
By Brandon Howard Robotic-assisted orthopedic surgery is an issue that elicits varying responses amongst healthcare professionals and orthopedic surgeons around the country. Here, three orthopedic surgeons discuss the use of robotics and computers in s…