Like a slender, fragile vine made of highly sensitive tissue and a billion neurons, your spinal cord is like a living ...

Beginners can start with a low-intensity deep core exercise that emphasises bracing your core while moving a limb, such as a reverse crunch, says Sanchez. The key here is to maintain connection with ...

New research suggests that paralyzed patients could regain some degree of movement — perhaps even walk again. In a study led by EPFL (Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne) and Lausanne ...

As the team explained, deep brain stimulation involves the implantation of electrodes into specific brain areas to help ...

Sep. 26, 2024 — How did the bodies of animals, including ours, become such fine-tuned movement machines? This paper cuts directly into critical debates about how the ancient spinal cord and the ...

EPFL and CHUV researchers have pioneered a new method using deep brain stimulation in the lateral hypothalamus to enhance motor recovery in spinal cord injury patients, leading to significant ...

One of the two kindergarteners injured in a Northern California school shooting in early December may not regain the use of ...