In past research, Calvert and others in the field have been able to restore control over muscle movement for these patients ...

Many emerging medical technologies rely on seamless integration between biological systems and electronics. This requires ...

Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is an established modality employed to elicit muscle contractions via electrical impulses, supporting rehabilitation and strength improvement across a wide ...

What if chronic diseases, which are difficult to treat with medicine alone, could be managed with electricity? As ...

When scientists applied electric current to human neural stem cells injected into rats’ brains, the cells moved toward the animals’ subventricular zone and lateral ventricle, instead of toward their ...

Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord is a promising strategy for reestablishing walking after spinal cord injury, recent studies show. But for patients suffering from muscle spasms, the ...

One participant pointed to her chest. That, she explained, is where she felt her foot hit the treadmill. Not the foot itself, not the ground beneath it, but a sensation somewhere above the injury that ...

Electrical muscle stimulation, or EMS, is gaining popularity in the U.S. as a potential way to boost workouts. All that’s ...

Bottom line: This study found that, in rats, acute nerve injuries that may recover can be distinguished from those that are unlikely to recover based on the response to intraoperative electrical nerve ...

Electrode arrays could help regenerate damaged optic nerves ...

The US Food and Drug Administration is again proposing a ban on electrical stimulation devices used to reduce or stop self-injurious or aggressive behavior, the agency said in a statement Monday.