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

A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease.

In a small human trial in SMA patients neurostimulation sessions improved motoneuron function, reduced fatigue, and improved leg muscle strength and walking.

A new spinal cord implant may help people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) regain some muscle function, giving the ...

How a tiny spinal implant could help those with muscle-wasting disease - Three people with a muscle-destroying disease got ...

Background: Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) or Kennedy disease [OMIM: 313200] is a rare X-linked neuromuscular disease. Patients commonly present with muscle cramps, tremors, leg weakness, ...

Among elite football players, atrophy may persist in the quadriceps and gastrocnemius muscles 2 years after ACL surgery. Results highlight the importance of isolated muscle strengthening after ACL ...

Chronic constriction injury to the nerve is accompanied by debilitating symptoms such as neuropathic pain, hampered motor function and skeletal muscle atrophy (Bennett and Xie, 1988). Even though ...

“Teaching our body through mindfulness to engage these muscles fosters greater stability and reduces the risk of injury,” she said. Finally, for slender, more defined legs, Wilson ...

Astellas has suffered another major setback with geographic atrophy (GA) treatment Izervay, this time in the US. The company has received a complete response letter (CRL) from the FDA for a ...