Ready to roll
Howard Bostick fell on his head from 15 feet up. He was on scaffolding, inspecting ceiling ducts, when he lost his balance and crashed to the floor.
( By Joe Kovac Jr., Telegraph Staff Writer, 10/07/2002 07:16 AM PDT)

Rehab staffs aim to prove effectiveness
Exercise is a staple of rehabilitation programs for people who have survived heart attacks and surgery.
( KAREN GARLOCH, 10/07/2002 06:55 AM PDT)

TURNING POINT: Little girl's resilience aids her recovery
In February 2001, Josie Aslakson, 7, was riding in a car with her mother. Another car crossed the center line and hit their car. Josie's spinal cord was injured. She can move her arms but not walk. She uses a wheelchair.
( BY RHODA FUKUSHIMA, Pioneer Press, 10/07/2002 07:12 AM PDT)

Physical therapy helps elderly stave off disability
Physical therapy may help prevent physical declines in older, frail people, study findings suggest. Lead author Dr. Thomas M. Gill of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, said that these results suggest that it is possible for some older people to stave off the disabilities that their weakened state puts them at risk of developing.
( BY ALISON MCCOOK, Reuters, 10/03/2002 07:55 AM PDT)

Christopher Reeve urges stem cell research rethink
Christopher Reeve, the Hollywood star paralyzed from the neck down, urged President Bush on Sunday to rethink his opposition to controversial stem-cell research that might hold hopes for a cure.
( Reuters, 09/30/2002 08:33 AM PDT)

Man in wheelchair scales world's tallest tower
Canadian paralympian Jeff Adams climbed the 1,776 stairs of the world largest tower in a wheelchair to show the disabled world some of the biggest obstacles can be overcome.
( Reuters, 09/27/2002 11:09 AM PDT)

Paralyzed actor Reeve regaining movement, sensation
Christopher Reeve, the "Superman" actor who was paralyzed seven years ago, has regained some movement and sensation in his arms and legs, a spokeswoman for the actor said on Tuesday, and his doctor holds out hope he may one day walk again.
( Reuters, 09/11/2002 08:53 AM PDT)

Determined sisters keep fatal disease at a distance
When Trae Kottler looks at Gretchen Atwood, she sees what her own future holds: a wheelchair, an increasing reliance on machines to help her breathe, certain death as every muscle in her body gives out.
( BY KAREN SHIDELER, The Wichita Eagle, 09/02/2002 07:16 AM PDT)

Surgery allowed woman to walk
An experimental nerve-graft surgery allowed a paraplegic woman whose spinal cord was severed in an automobile accident to reacquire limited use of her legs, an Italian doctor reported this week at a conference in California.
( ANDREW BRIDGES, AP Science Writer, 08/30/2002 06:39 AM PDT)