Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger — able to stand and walk more easily — ...

In a groundbreaking pilot study, researchers have found evidence that spinal cord stimulation could potentially benefit ...

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, ...

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

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

Researchers have shown that a spinal cord-stimulating implant, originally used for paralysis, may help restore muscle ...

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

Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord strengthened the muscles of three people with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare motor neuron disease.

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

From February 12, all newborn babies will be offered screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare progressive neuromuscular disease. SMA will be one of more than 20 other rare disorders ...

More research is needed to confirm gray matter, the darker tissue found in the brain and spinal cord, “as a potential disease ...