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

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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Diagnosis typically begins with an evaluation of symptoms but is only confirmed after significant testing. While there’s no known cure for muscular dystrophy, treatments may help slow progression and ...