Jayceon Jackson was full of smiles as his parents pushed his wheelchair into Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Wednesday. It was Jayceon’s birthday wish for people to gift him teddy bears so he could ...

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, ...

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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.

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.

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

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

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

Study using a new, child-friendly scale found patients up to age 2 had smaller mouth openings than healthy peers, risking ...

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

Despite the obstacles, Riley Herrera had a life filled with family, sports, travel, faith and hope before his death on Nov.