When determining the effects of a pharmacological treatment on motor capabilities, a proper tool should be employed. Standard motor tests, including open field or rotarod, are often insufficient at ...

Dexterity, coordination and balance are all extremely important throughout our lives, but these skills change between early childhood and old age. At which stage of our lives do we have the best ...

A new study from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by the ”la Caixa” Foundation, provides further scientific evidence of the health benefits of well-designed ...

Increasing poor physical (motor) function from around age 65 is associated with an increased risk of death, finds research published by The BMJ today. Signs of increasing decline, such as difficulty ...

Peripheral magnetic stimulation (PMS) has emerged as a promising noninvasive intervention in motor function rehabilitation. By generating magnetic fields that stimulate peripheral nerves and muscle ...

First and only muscle-targeted SMA therapy to demonstrate statistically significant, clinically meaningful improvements on the gold-standard HFMSE scale (p=0.019) versus placebo, with consistent ...

CHICAGO — Early results from a first-in-human trial some 20 years in the making suggest that neural stem cell transplantation is safe and improves motor function starting at 1 month after treatment in ...