Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a wearable ultrasound device that can provide long-term, wireless monitoring of muscle activity with potential applications in ...

Forearm exercises stretch and strengthen the muscles crossing your hands, wrists, and elbows. These muscles are used daily for tasks like opening a glass jar or carrying a suitcase up a flight of ...

Dysarthria also results from incoordination or weakness of muscles. When the patient’s dysphagia and dysarthria (also known as bulbar symptoms) are layered onto the findings of facial droop ...

By Hilary Achauer When you head out for your daily run, with each stride you’re strengthening your quadriceps, your hamstrings and your upper calf muscles. The muscles on the sides of your hips ...

However, a new creation by a team of scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) in Germany and ETH Zurich in Switzerland, who have developed a muscle-powered robotic ...

In ICI-related cases, frequent involvement of other peripheral nervous system targets (MG) is reported, detectable through examinations like the EMG ... by muscle weakness with exhaustion and ...

Stitches are getting a shocking upgrade. In an experiment in rats, a new strong, flexible thread hastened wound healing by transforming muscle movement into electricity, researchers report October ...

Born with a rare form of muscular dystrophy, Peri Finkelstein has never let her disorder define her. Instead, the 24-year-old New Yorker has used her challenges as a springboard to make the world ...

Building muscle after 50 requires a more intentional approach than it did in our younger years, which we have nature to thank for. After age 30, both men and women begin to experience an ...

The biotech company Scholar Rock reported Monday that its experimental medicine improved motor function in patients with a muscle-wasting disease called spinal muscular atrophy, paving the way for ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare genetic disorder that causes severe muscle weakness. SMA usually affects children, and is typically diagnosed in the first 18 months of life. In its most ...