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

Cervical myelopathy is a condition that happens when the spinal cord ... in the ligaments in the back of the spine. Other causes include hardening of the posterior longitudinal ligament or the ...

Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle ...

Prognosis depends greatly on the length of time of the cord impingement, the location of the mass in the spinal column, and the tissue type of the mass. Advanced practice nurses (APNs) such as ...

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

Doctors have documented a young boy born with an eye-catching condition: a red, balloon-like sac on his back ... spinal fluid and meninges, and not any spinal cord nor brain tissue.

showing spinal disinhibition — disruption of the spinal cord’s inhibitory systems that modulate pain signals — in people with fibromyalgia syndrome. The results suggest that spinal ...

More research is needed to confirm gray matter, the darker tissue found in the brain and spinal cord, “as a potential disease ...

Jessie Owen sustained a spinal cord injury 12 years ago, when a tree fell on her family’s car while driving over Highway 2. She broke her neck. “When you hear that scary diagnosis ...

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