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, ...

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

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

These bones help provide mobility and stability to your back and spinal column and are an attachment point ... Some of the lumbar spine's most important functions include: If you have any of these ...

Zoledronate, administered at baseline and again after five years, effectively reduces the incidence of morphometric vertebral fractures in early postmenopausal women over a 10-year period.

The spine, or backbone, runs from the base of the skull to the tailbone and protects the spinal cord from injury. The spine contains many spaces, or foramen, that allow the spinal nerves to pass ...

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal that causes compression of the spinal cord and/or nerve roots. Resulting pain and numbness (in the hands, arms, legs, and/or feet) can vary depending ...

Jessie Owen sustained a spinal cord injury 12 years ago ... She said she now has enough hand function to complete tasks such as tying her shoes and cutting grapes for her 2-year old twin boys.

Treatment with OAV101 IT, a formulation of the gene therapy Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec-xioi) that’s delivered directly into the spinal canal ... The main goal was to evaluate changes in motor ...

Here we evaluate the effects on autonomic function of a single session of low-level laser ... The pedicles associated with the vertebrae create a foramen for the spinal nerves to enter or exit the ...

What do we mean when we say an upper cervical adjustment or that the horse is experiencing upper cervical dysfunction? The cervical spine is the part of the spinal column (backbone) known as the neck.