A new study led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine found that the use of a take-home electrical stimulation device improved muscle perfusion, the rate at which oxygen is delivered to muscles ...

Severe skeletal muscle injury, especially volumetric muscle loss, remains difficult to treat because effective regeneration ...

When something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. That goes even more so for companies trying to sell you a quick and easy way to lose weight and get in shape. So, when I heard that a new ...

Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) is emerging as a transformative modality in muscle rehabilitation. By delivering controlled electrical impulses to targeted muscles, FES induces contractions ...

Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) is a well‐established technique that utilises electrical currents to evoke muscle contractions, thereby aiding in the rehabilitation of patients with ...

Research and often our own experience show us that resistance training and weightlifting are effective for making those ...

Lillian Tarr, a 58-year-old nurse, was lying down for meditation at the end of a yoga class last March when she felt a headache coming on. She remembers thinking she would need to take a Tylenol when ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients in the active treatment group saw a 37.4% reduction in wrinkle severity from baseline. They also saw a ...

The few times that I’ve gone to a physical therapist for an injury, I was hooked up to a machine that used transcutaneous nerve stimulation, or TENS. It sent small electrical impulses to my nerves, ...

Building exoskeletons for people is a rapidly growing branch of robotics. Whether it’s improving the natural abilities of humans with added strength or helping those with disabilities, the field has ...

Daily electrical stimulation of certain nerves in the spinal cord appeared to help three people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), an inherited disorder that causes muscles to waste away. The ...