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 ...

As spinal cord injuries increasingly affect older adults, new research reveals a surprising pattern in recovery. The study shows that aging does not appear to slow the healing of nerves themselves, ...

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 ...

Spinal cord injury is one of the leading causes of long-term disability worldwide, often impacting young people who face a lifetime of physical and neurological challenges ahead. A new study questions ...

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

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, ...

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 ...