As spinal cord injuries increasingly affect older adults, new research reveals a surprising pattern in recovery. The study ...

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 ...

Functional recovery after spinal cord injury significantly declines with age, especially beyond 70 years; however, neurologic ...

A study published in Neurology looks at how age may affect recovery for people with spinal cord injuries. "With population growth and improvements in medicine, the number of people diagnosed with ...

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 ...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes paralysis in roughly one million people worldwide, with incident cases rising yearly. Beyond motor and sensory deficits, patients frequently experience muscle atrophy, ...

All participants undergo a baseline assessment on day 1; in the EES+PT group, an epidural electrode is implanted on day 2, stimulation programs are initiated on postoperative day 1 and iteratively ...

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 ...

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 injuries. With ...