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Spinal cord stimulation restores movement for people with 'muscle wasting' disorder
New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation could improve muscle function for patients who have spinal ...
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Cellular Scaffold Enables Myoblast Implant Success
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a way to treat ageing-related muscular atrophy using regenerative ...
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Mechanical Implant Stirs Wasting Muscle Back into Action
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 ...
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A spine-zapping implant helped 3 people with a muscle-wasting disease walk better
Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger when an implanted device zapped their ...
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Quadriceps atrophy: to what extent does it exist in patellofemoral pain syndrome?
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 ...
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Neurostimulation improves movement in adults with spinal muscle atrophy
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 – ...