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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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Infant's genetic muscle disorder improved by treating pregnant mother
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a debilitating genetic condition that’s usually fatal by a few years of age. But an ...
News Medical on MSN16d
Neurostimulation improves movement in adults with spinal muscle atrophy
All participants increased their 6-Minute Walk Test score – a measure of muscle endurance and fatigue – by at least 20 meters, compared to a mean improvement of 1.4 meters over three months of ...
The Associated Press on MSN16d
A spine-zapping implant helped 3 people with a muscle-wasting disease walk better
Washington — Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger – able to stand and walk more easily – when an implanted device zapped their spinal cord.
Minneapolis parents share journey of having two sons with rare muscle-wasting disorder
Caleb Kasner and his brother Duncan Kasner move around a little differently than average kids. The two brothers have Duchenne ...
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A spine-zapping implant helped 3 people with a muscle-wasting disease walk better
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 ...
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A spine-zapping implant helped 3 people with a muscle-wasting disease walk better
“Yet over the month-long pilot study, they were getting better and better.” SMA is a genetic disease that progressively destroys motor neurons in the spinal cord, causing muscle wastin ...