Results showed robotic-guided and CT-navigated pedicle screw placement may significantly improve accuracy and reduce ...

For people with spinal cord injuries/diseases (SCI/D), performing daily tasks can be a challenge due to an impaired ability to grasp and manipulate objects with their hands.

The two conditions differ not only by the location of the spinal curvature but also by their causes, symptoms, and treatments. Kyphosis—also called "roundback" or "hunchback"—is a deformity where the ...

Department of Orthopaedics, Yantai Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, China Background: Palmar-divergent dislocation of the lunate and scaphoid is a rare high-energy ...

Motor neurons carry impulses away from the central nervous system (made up of the brain and spinal cord) and control the movement of the body. These neurons coordinate muscle activity. Motor neurons ...

Also known as paresthesia, it can stem from infections, spinal injuries, fibromyalgia, and other causes. Shingles, or herpes zoster, is a painful, itchy rash that typically develops on one side of ...

These cells are located in the spinal cord. Because the muscles cannot respond to signals from the nerves, they atrophy — weaken and shrink — from inactivity. One in every 6,000 babies is born with ...

14- and 12-gauge extension cords are some of the most common extension cords. A 14-gauge cord can handle roughly up to 1800 watts (15 amps, the same as a standard wall outlet in the US).

A person with a history of spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, or surgery on the colon may also be more prone to constipation than other people. People should contact a doctor if they have ...

A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first clinical study of its kind, Japanese scientists said. There is currently ...