Quadriplegic refers to a medical condition where a person is paralyzed or unable to move any part of their body below the neck due to a spinal cord injury.
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Over half of these patients live
as quadriplegics, which means they have no use of their arms or legs.
My 11 - year - old whippet
became quadriplegic in June when a prolapsed disc compressed and damaged his spinal cord.
The plaintiff was the surviving loved one of a patient who had been
left quadriplegic after being treated by the defendant hospital.
Whether the image is of a frail, pitied person in leg braces (think poster child for a telethon) or of the inspirational disabled person (think
quadriplegic who summits Kilimanjaro), there's a failure to accept and value disabled people as they are.
Amazon showed Gus Van Sant's newest work, Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot, the compelling biopic
of quadriplegic cartoonist John Callahan, which features layered performances by Oscar nominees Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, and Rooney Mara.
Introduction: This exploratory study investigated the impact of altered physiological states on emotion processing in
quadriplegic patients, endurance athletes and healthy controls.
A $ 900,000 settlement with an insurance company, based on a $ 25,000 policy, when the victim was
rendered quadriplegic due to a car accident;
In an incomplete
quadriplegic injury, you may be able to feel some things or even partially use some of your limbs and other bodily functions.
Stabelfeldt is a 38 - year - old
quadriplegic man who, as the result of an injury when he was eight years old, has had no movement below his shoulders for more than 30 years.
Langdon & Emison represented a woman who became
quadriplegic after the seat back in her car failed when she was rear - ended while waiting at a stop light.
Ian Burkhart, a 23 - year -
old quadriplegic from Dublin, Ohio, is the first patient to use Neurobridge, an electronic neural bypass for spinal cord injuries that reconnects the brain directly to muscles, allowing voluntary and functional control of a paralyzed limb.
Indeed, the stories are written and reported because the commission of serious crimes
by quadriplegics is so rare and bizarre that they are newsworthy.
There are always innovative designs, including a hand - powered vehicle designed for
quadriplegics from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and a pedal car from Philadelphia's Drexel that originally had electric assist (both 2009).
$ 25 Million Jury Verdict to a 40 year old incomplete
quadriplegic when he fell from his wheelchair on a lift because of the negligence of the driver of a paratransit bus.
Anita Jewitt Qualified: 2008 Made partner: 2015 Key cases: Recovered # 8.5 m for a child with
quadriplegic cerebral palsy following the hospital's delay in expediting his delivery; recovered # 7.4 m for a child who sustained bilateral upper and lower limb amputations as a result of the delayed diagnosis of meningococcal septicaemia; recovered # 6m for a child who suffered from cerebral palsy as a result of the hospital's failure to carry out an earlier caesarean section.
It took an estimated 20 minutes to complete, but for Shin, a graduate student at Yonsei University who has been
quadriplegic since birth, it was a step toward greater independence.
Plaintiff personal injury counsel
for quadriplegic injured in swimming pool accident and in breast surgery malpractice case
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Quadriplegic cases are complicated and sophisticated both due to the nature and extent of the injury sustained, but also due to the complicated medical treatment and the potential life - long effects the injury will have on the victim.
If a person has
suffered quadriplegic inducing injuries as a result of the negligence of another, like a car accident, they should immediately contact a personal injury lawyer to help them get the compensation they deserve.
The trick is providing these sensations to the arms of the patients, which — given that these were paraplegic patients,
not quadriplegics [paralyzed in all limbs]-- were functioning and sensing normally.
In either case, there is often nerve damage around the injury, and
many quadriplegics suffer from «phantom limb syndrome.»
By using eight implanted electrodes that snake through the patient's arm, stimulating muscles in the hand, the Freehand
allows quadriplegics to groom and feed themselves and in some cases even to operate a computer.
In the novel, 27 - year - old Louisa Clark is forced to take the first job she can find after she is laid off, becoming a caretaker / babysitter for a bitter and
wealthy quadriplegic Will Traynor.
In 2012, an 81 - minute delay in performing an emergency c - section left a baby boy with severe
spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy.
He survived for 18 months as a ventilator
dependent quadriplegic in a Boston area spinal cord hospital before his death from complications related to repeated aspiration pneumonia.
AMANDA DICKEY: Yes, it was something that I wasn't ever sure, there's really just not a lot of medical knowledge, especially
about quadriplegics or even anyone with a spinal cord injury, which would include paraplegics, but there's just not a lot of knowledge out there, especially accessible knowledge like on the internet.
Together they are aiming to do what sounds miraculous: help
paralyzed quadriplegics walk again, not by fixing their lesions or broken spines but by creating wearable robotic exoskeletons controlled by neural signals.
Now 64, Degray became
quadriplegic on Oct. 10, 2007, when he fell and sustained a life - changing spinal - cord injury.
«March of the Penguins» of course was a nominated documentary, and so was the powerful «Murderball,» about full - contact
quadriplegic wheelchair rugby.
The institute offers competitive team sports, including wheelchair basketball, wheelchair softball and
quadriplegic rugby; and recreational sports such as rock climbing, sailing, scuba diving, snow and water skiing, and golf.
Variety reports that Rooney Mara and Jonah Hill have signed on for Gus Van Sant's Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot, based on the autobiography of subversive
quadriplegic cartoonist John Callahan.
It's the story of astonishing sports heroes: Champions of full -
contact quadriplegic wheelchair rugby.
Earlier this month, medical graduate Dinesh Palipana became Queensland Health's
first quadriplegic intern, reportedly joining 90 fellow graduates who will start their medical careers at Gold... Read more
CONGRATULATIONS to every blogger that has made this
Top Quadriplegic Blogs list!
I'm Sheri Denkensohn - Trott, and am an aspiring public speaker who is a long -
time quadriplegic and a breast cancer survivor.
Solicitor Victoria Fullilove worked alongside Batta on a claim for a minor lacking capacity diagnosed with
severe quadriplegic cerebral palsy following negligence.
In the second, he was a 21 - year - old
quadriplegic coping with the realization that he might never walk again.
This was a game - changing invention for me and
other quadriplegics, people suffering from ALS, Parkinson's disease, Multiple Sclerosis, severe Arthritis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and others that have limited to no use of their hands.
Of the other five percent, most are
either quadriplegic or on a ventilator the rest of theirlives.»
Using the technology,
quadriplegics need only to summon their thoughts to type an electronic note, surf the internet or drink a coffee, activities previously unfeasible without assistance.