Paraplegia refers to paralysis that occurs in the lower half of the body. It can be a result of an accident or a chronic condition. People with paraplegia will have mobility problems and may require ...

About 1 in 50 Americans lives with some form of paralysis. Paraplegia is a type of paralysis that affects the lower half of your body and your ability to walk. It is often caused by injury. There is ...

German engineer Michaela Benthaus, who has paraplegia, traveled to space with Jeff Bezos' company Blue Origin.German engineer Michaela Benthaus on Saturday became the first person with paraplegia to ...

Paraplegia is a medical condition involving impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities, which is a classification of paralysis, the universal term to describe the loss of ...

Most commonly, paraplegia is the result of accidents, which often occur in the young adult male population, between the ages of 15 and 35, that cause traumatic injury to the spinal cord. This accounts ...

There is no cure for the rare disease Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP), but researchers from Drexel University’s College ...

Study design: Pott's paraplegic patients with severe spinal deformity were reviewed retrospectively after being treated with chemotherapy and/or decompressive surgery. Objectives: To determine the ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Paraplegia' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The medication(s) ...

To provide genetic diagnosis despite the genetic heterogeneity whole-exome sequencing (WES) was performed as described previously 7 and variant filtering was performed according to rare AR inheritance ...

Paraplegia and quadriplegia are two types of paralysis that often result from spinal cord injuries. According to 2013 estimates, nearly 5.4 million people in the United States live with paralysis.

Samuel Asamoah, 31, has undergone surgery after being seriously injured during a soccer game in China on Sunday, Oct. 5 Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working ...