The Lone Star Paralysis Foundation has developed a Medical Research Advisory Committee that meets monthly to discuss the latest technology and advances in spinal cord injury research. This committee will give reports on current research being funded and make recommendations for future funding to the Board of Directors. Subscribe to our newsletter for regular updates on this committee, funded research projects, and all activities of the Lone Star Paralysis Foundation.

The Lone Star Paralysis Foundation is involved in all three aspects of a spinal cord injury:

  • Rehabilitation
  • Recovery
  • Research

We are funding programs that are helping people with spinal cord injuries today through programs at the new Brain and Spine Recovery Center. Patients with spinal cord injuries go through an intensive advanced therapy program. They are then encouraged to stay physically fit in the community through programs like the spinal cord injury community fitness center. We want to make sure that all individuals with spinal cord injuries have the tools necessary to recover to their greatest ability.

Brain and Spine Center - Neurosciences at Brackenridge Hospital

The Brain and Spine Recovery Center is pushing the envelope on traditional therapy and getting some great results from patients that are newly injured to twenty years post-accident. In 2003, the Lone Star Paralysis Foundation granted the seed money to the Brain and Spine Center to initiate a new Functional Electrical Stimulation physical therapy research project. Visit the websites below for more information about the Brain and Spine Center.

University of Texas at Austin Department of Neurobiology

Lone Star Paralysis Foundation is excited about funding cutting edge research at the University of Texas at Austin Department of Neurobiology. Dr. George Bittner is using Polyethylene-Glycol to repair injured nerve axons. Check out the video about his research.

Southwestern Spinal Cord Injury Center

The Southwestern Spinal Cord Injury Center will study how the injured spinal cord can be retrained to function using body weight supported treadmill training with therapists or with a robotic device.