As a child, Michael Rudnicki liked to dismantle clocks. He would take them apart, piece by piece, to see what made them tick. That curiosity has been a driving force throughout the celebrated ...

The power to influence or even direct people’s behavior or the course of events is part of a typical definition of “control.” When living with a chronic illness, as I am with limb-girdle muscular ...

Unlike the skeletal muscle degenerative process, for which treatment options are currently limited, therapy is available for the cardiovascular complications that accompany muscular dystrophy.

Abstract: Knee angle estimation plays a crucial role in the development of lower limb assistive devices, particularly prostheses. Current research in this area primarily focuses on stable gait ...

Now, I am not comfortable with anyone else bathing me,” Ajok says. In 1985, Ajok was born with a limb difference at Lira Regional Referral Hospital, about a kilometre from their home.

Limb-girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD) constitute a heterogeneous group of genetic disorders ... He began walking independently at the age of 2.5 years, exhibiting a waddling gait with frequent falls ...

Regenxbio reported Monday the first clinical evidence showing improved muscle function in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy following treatment with its experimental gene therapy. The positive ...

What is FSHD in children? Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a rare genetic muscle disease that affects the muscles of your child’s face, shoulders, upper arms, and lower legs. These ...

They may impact the neck or facial muscles or cause severe gait problems that can lead to scoliosis in young people ... It is the third most common muscular dystrophy and affects the muscles in the ...

Both cycling and home-based exercise training helped maintain gait and balance ... Trials of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) treatments targeting declining lung or upper limb function, which ...

Zanotto’s lab previously engineered a series of novel AI-enhanced, in-shoe sensors with support from partners including the National Science Foundation, Muscular Dystrophy Association and New Jersey ...