A study published in the medical journal Nature on Monday found that targeted electrical pulses delivered to the spinal cord can help improve arm and hand movement after a stroke. Two patients were ...

A noninvasive spinal stimulation device safely improves upper-extremity function in people with a cervical spinal cord injury (SCI), results of a prospective nonsignificant risk trial suggest. The ...

Donald Trump’s touched-up right hand has made another public appearance, provoking renewed interest in his lifelong fear of the humble handshake. During his visit to the Federal Reserve headquarters ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Two stroke patients had their arm and hand mobility restored after doctors used a device that delivers electrical impulses to stimulate the spinal cord. The research, funded by ...

A treatment for spinal cord injuries has helped more than two-thirds of those who tried it improve their hand and arm function. The therapy consists of electrode pads placed on the skin above and ...

Isabella “Bella” Syvertson, Lake Park, Minnesota, suffered a severe spinal injury in late November as a result of a horse accident that caused a loss of feeling and movement from the waist down. A ...

Heather Rendulic yearns to use both hands to fill up her plate at a hotel buffet, or slice up her own steak. She wants to pull her hair into a ponytail. She’s tried to teach her husband, but it always ...

A neurotechnology that stimulates the spinal cord instantly improves arm and hand mobility, enabling people affected by moderate to severe stroke to conduct their normal daily activities more easily, ...

For the first time, researchers have used electrical stimulation of the cervical spinal cord to immediately restore arm and hand movement in two patients with chronic moderate-to-severe upper limb ...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to hear from Lee Miller, Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience at Northwestern University, during a Neural Prosthesis Seminar ...