While a wearable technology that assists the lower back muscles has great potential to cut down on workplace injuries, it ...

Doctors diagnosed Carmen Lopez with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) at birth, a rare genetic disorder that affects motor neurons ...

Astronaut Butch Wilmore, who is also returning with Sunita Williams, emphasised the physical toll of re-entering gravity ...

Evan McMenamin said his brother Travis, "never lets it get him down" despite the "incredible challenges" he faces ...

A new electrical stimulation therapy for spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) has shown promise in reactivating motor neurons and ...

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

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has unveiled a plan to fast-track treatment for individuals with back, joint, and muscle problems in regions with the longest waits for musculoskeletal ...

researchers reported what they called the first evidence that a spine-stimulating implant already being tested for paralysis might also aid neurodegenerative diseases like spinal muscle atrophy ...

Three patients with spinal muscular atrophy had improved muscle strength and could walk farther after a month of daily spinal stimulation.

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 ...