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Article: Paralysis
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Paralysis
Sang Lan
’
s Story
What Is Paralysis?
How Does a Person Become Paralyzed?
Signs and Symptoms
Diagnosis
Is Paralysis Treatable?
Living with Paralysis
Will There Ever Be a Cure?
Resources
Paralysis (pa-RAL-i-sis) is the inability to consciously control the movement of the muscles.
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Muscular system
Nervous system
Spinal cord injury
Sang Lan
’
s Story
As she was warming up for her routine at the July 1998 Goodwill Games, 17-year-old Chinese gymnast Sang Lan prepared to jump over the vaulting horse, a move she had performed thousands of times. But Sang flung herself too forcefully into the ...