Posts Tagged ‘Nerve’

Functional muscle transfer surgery allows people with foot drop to walk without braces

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
A new surgery that involves an expendable, functioning muscle from the top of the leg and a nerve below the knee can give people with foot drop a new bounce in their step.

Bio-engineered nerve-muscle connection to improve prosthetic hands

Thursday, October 15th, 2009
University of Michigan scientists have developed modern tissue engineering system that could improve the function of prosthetic hands and possibly restore the sens

Read Useful Information About Spasms And Back Pain

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Back pain sometimes emerges from muscle spasms. Spasms largely start when one or the other nerve or muscle fibers cannot act with the other fiber. What ensues is the muscles assume involuntary reactions, like atypical tightening of muscle. The action brings about the muscles to restrain its contractions. If muscle contractions are reserved by the fibers, nerves, etc, restrained additionally, accordingly the lack of contractions can induce excessive feebleness and/or paralysis. If the muscles