A growing body of research points to this overlooked structure as the missing piece in back pain treatment Back pain remains one of the most common health complaints worldwide, affecting an estimated ...

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 ...

This image from video provided by UPMC and University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences shows Doug McCullough, who has spinal muscular atrophy, during tests of experimental spinal cord stimulation to ...

Washington — Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger – able to stand and walk more easily – when an implanted device zapped their spinal cord. On ...

Back pain can really be troublesome, especially lower back pain. The World Health Organisation (WHO) states that low back pain affected 619 million people globally in 2020. It is also estimated that ...

Lower back pain has a range of possible causes. It can flare up in different positions depending on the cause. Some people may have lower back pain, especially while lying down. Lower back pain is ...