Spinalis Foundation
This is the Spinalis Foundation's website. Spinalis is a charitable foundation whose mission is to promote research and treatment development in the field of spinal cord injuries.
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Ideas promoting an active life and independence
Tips and tricks from people with spinal cord injuries (SCI). We now show 1198 tips from 78 people with spinal cord injuries for assistive devices, adaptations and individually designed solutions.Example: "Push stick" for wheelchair - A simple assistive device for people who cannot manage independently with a manual wheelchair in certain situations. The stick is attached to the wheelchair back bow with a str....
Family evening May 29
When a person suffer a spinal cord injury it affects both family, friends and others close to the person. Rehab Station Stockholm, the Spinalis Spinal Cord Injury Unit and Rekryteringsgruppen are organizing an evening where we talk and share our experiences.
The theme for the evening is "parenting" - being a parent of someone who is injured, growing up with a spinal cord injured parent, becoming a pare....
Finding Our Way June 15-16
Welcome to Finding our way! The 23rd International Conference for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus is taking place June 15–16, 2012, in Stockholm. In June, when the Nordic light is at its peak, we welcome you to the 23rd International Conference. This year it is hosted by RBU, The National Association for Disabled Children and Youths, in cooperation with IF, The International Federation for Spina Bifid....
Gentlemens' evening with the man, the myth - Steffo Törnquist
Many of us are accustomed to see Steffo as one of the hosts on Nyhetsmorgon. But he is so much more - a active lecturer, a writer and a businessman. Not the least, he advocates for quality of life, which will be the theme of the Gentlemens' evening on Tuesday the 15th of November. Claes Hultling and Tobias Lauritsen are hosting the evening.
Children at any cost
Claes Hultling was the first man in the world with spinal cord injury to become a father with the help of IVF. In his profession as a doctor, Claes spent 25 years researching in the field of infertility and to help spinal cord injured men to become fathers. He is telling his story in the TV program "Barn till varje pris" (Children at any cost).Watch the program (In Swedish) on SVT play hereRead the debate a....
It is now possible for persons with tetraplegia to regain function in their wrists
Braking news - it is now possible for people with high spinal cord injury, persons with tetraplegia, to regain function in their wrists. Tero Leskinen talks about the surgery which made it possible for him to regain movement in his wrist. The operation was performed by hand surgeons at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden, which specializes in these types of surgeries. Collaboration has....
Ideas promoting an active life and independence
Tips and tricks from people with spinal cord injuries (SCI). We now show 1198 tips from 78 people with spinal cord injuries for assistive devices, adaptations and individually designed solutions.Example: "Push stick" for wheelchair - A simple assistive device for people who cannot manage independently with a manual wheelchair in certain situations. The stick is attached to the wheelchair back bow with a str....
Family evening May 29
When a person suffer a spinal cord injury it affects both family, friends and others close to the person. Rehab Station Stockholm, the Spinalis Spinal Cord Injury Unit and Rekryteringsgruppen are organizing an evening where we talk and share our experiences. The theme for the evening is "parenting" - being a parent of someone who is injured, growing up with a spinal cord injured parent, becoming a pare....
Finding Our Way June 15-16
Welcome to Finding our way! The 23rd International Conference for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus is taking place June 15–16, 2012, in Stockholm. In June, when the Nordic light is at its peak, we welcome you to the 23rd International Conference. This year it is hosted by RBU, The National Association for Disabled Children and Youths, in cooperation with IF, The International Federation for Spina Bifid....
Gentlemens' evening with the man, the myth - Steffo Törnquist
Many of us are accustomed to see Steffo as one of the hosts on Nyhetsmorgon. But he is so much more - a active lecturer, a writer and a businessman. Not the least, he advocates for quality of life, which will be the theme of the Gentlemens' evening on Tuesday the 15th of November. Claes Hultling and Tobias Lauritsen are hosting the evening.
Children at any cost
Claes Hultling was the first man in the world with spinal cord injury to become a father with the help of IVF. In his profession as a doctor, Claes spent 25 years researching in the field of infertility and to help spinal cord injured men to become fathers. He is telling his story in the TV program "Barn till varje pris" (Children at any cost).Watch the program (In Swedish) on SVT play hereRead the debate a....
It is now possible for persons with tetraplegia to regain function in their wrists
Braking news - it is now possible for people with high spinal cord injury, persons with tetraplegia, to regain function in their wrists. Tero Leskinen talks about the surgery which made it possible for him to regain movement in his wrist. The operation was performed by hand surgeons at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden, which specializes in these types of surgeries. Collaboration has....