An individual may become completely paralyzed because of any number of accidents that interfere with the functioning of the nerves in their body. People who have lost the ability to walk due to spinal ...

Pulses of electricity delivered to a precise location on the spinal cord have helped two stroke patients regain control of a disabled arm and hand, a team reports in the journal Nature Medicine. The ...

Machine learning decodes brain signals for paralysis recovery in just one second using sensors placed on scalp not inside ...

ONWARD Medical N.V., the medical technology company creating innovative spinal cord stimulation therapies to restore movement, function, and independence in people with spinal cord injury (SCI), today ...

Scientists have developed a computer-based model that may explain how nerve cells become damaged in ALS, and how best to time ...

Daily movement doesn’t need to be long or complicated to be effective. Just five minutes of mindful Pilates-based exercise ...

A brain cap and smart algorithms may one day help paralyzed patients turn thought into movement—no surgery required.

Research participant Heather Rendulic prepares to grasp and move a can of tomato soup at Rehab Neural Engineering Labs at the University of Pittsburgh. (Tim Betler/UPMC and University of Pittsburgh ...

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