New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation could improve muscle function for patients who have spinal ...

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

When the electricity stops, the spring lengthens, relaxing the muscle fibers. When the researchers tested the device ... an inactive version of the implant showed significant muscle atrophy, rodents ...

A study of NCAA Division I football players revealed persistent atrophy in the quadriceps and gastrocnemius muscles 2 years after ACL reconstruction despite full return to play.“Quadriceps deficits ...

A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited ... stimulation inputs from sensory nerves – ...

Objective: To investigate atrophy and weakness of the quadriceps femoris muscle group in patients with PFPS using measures of cross-sectional area and peak extension torque. Methods: A total of 57 ...

Each muscle fiber consists of a cross-banded structure ... This results in significant muscle weakness, atrophy, and loss of function. The majority of neuromuscular disorders are genetic or ...

Yet over the month-long pilot study, “they were getting better and better.” Spinal muscle atrophy or SMA is a genetic disease that gradually destroys motor neurons, nerve cells in the spinal ...