Workshops for paraplegics in Japan

Implantable neurostimulator for bladder rehabilitation in paraplegics

Following a spinal cord-injury, paraplegics suffer from bladder dysfunctions due to partial or complete rupture of sensitive and motor innervations. Stimulation of the sacral nerve root seems to be one of the most promising techniques for bladder rehabilitation as it does not require any neurotomy or rhizotomy. A new implantable neurostimulator system is reported. The implant prototype offers S...

Survey of Paraplegics in Scotland

The facilities available to disabled people living in Scotland were studied by visiting and interviewing a group of 50 paraplegics living in Glasgow and the surrounding counties. The degree of unemployment in the group (74%) was far greater than has been reported in other surveys, and no quadriplegic was in remunerative employment. Though the general unemployment level in the area is high servi...

Sacroiliac joint abnormalities in paraplegics.

We studied 186 paraplegic patients to clarify the pathogenesis of the sacroiliac (SI) joint abnormalities reported in these patients. Partial or complete fusion of SI joints was noted in 47 patients (25%), and milder degrees of abnormalities of these joints were present in 27 patients (15%). The abnormalities differed from those seen in ankylosing spondylitis and were found more commonly in pat...

A Recreational Rafting Chair for Active Paraplegics

The misuse of technology: walking appliances for paraplegics.

Until recent times the role of technology and technological developments has been regarded as wholly beneficial to society. However in the past few years a number of voices have questioned this benevolent view of the effects of technology upon society [1,2]. This unease has percolated through to medicine and a number of books and articles have generally questioned the role of technology in medi...