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

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 drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal ...

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

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

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.

During a study period of 29 days, participants were implanted with two spinal cord stimulation (SCS ... Chen, of the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation. This research was supported by an ...

chu-montpellier.fr In adulthood, spinal cord MRI abnormalities such as T2-weighted hyperintensities and atrophy are commonly associated with a large variety of causes (inflammation, infections, ...