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, ...
A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal ...
A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease.
Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger when an implanted device zapped their ...
The first-in-human SCS trial saw all three SMA patients able to increase their walking distance within six minutes to 20 meters.
Spinal neurosurgeon Xiaofei (Sophie) Zhou, MD, is a pioneer within Cleveland-based University Hospitals. She started her 2025 by bringing endoscopic spine tools to the hospital and performed the ...