Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) progression and could be applied to other motoneuron diseases, ...

A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal ...

IN recent years, there has been a great increase in the number of patients admitted to the hospitals of this country with the diagnosis of poliomyelitis. This patient load has grossly taxed the ...

Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger when an implanted device zapped their ...

The first-in-human trial saw all three patients able to increase their walking distance within six minutes to 20 meters.

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A new spinal cord implant may help people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) ...

There was a poor correlation between the extensor endurance ratio and one leg standing test. A moderate correlation between the visual analogue ... Conclusions: The isokinetic exercise programme used ...

Mortality data were analysed using χ 2 and Fisher's exact test. Statistical significance was set as p<0.05 ... life in the absence of a demonstrated effect on respiratory endurance, dyspnoea or ...

Discover 10 essential upper body movements that test and improve your functional fitness after 50. Expert-approved exercises ...

Muscle strength grading is used to categorize muscle strength on a scale of 0 to 5 in relation to the expected strength for a muscle. One of the more common methods is a hands-on test called the ...

Pushups are a key test of strength and endurance. Find out how many pushups you should be able to do in 60 seconds and what ...

Munich-based cultivated meat start-up MyriaMeat has successfully developed pig muscle tissue from pluripotent stem cells (iPS) that exhibits spontaneous contractions. This is the first time in the ...