Patients with lower limb amputation experience ambulation disorders since they rely exclusively on visual information in addition to the tactile information they receive from stump–socket interface.

All patients with back pain should have a screening neurologic evaluation including motor function, perineal and lower extremity sensation, deep tendon reflexes, and Babinski reflexes. This brief ...

Scientists have helped three amputees merge with their bionic prosthetic legs as they climb over various obstacles without having to look. The amputees report using and feeling their bionic leg as ...

Each of the individual paraproteinemic disorders exhibits a distinct neuropathic phenotype, and the typical clinical features are described below. The prognosis is often not well-defined and unknown ...

The unexplained pain experienced by patients with fibromyalgia is the result of a mismatch between sensory and motor systems, new research suggests. Scientists note that this finding adds to a growing ...

Study design: A prospective study was conducted to test the utility of the motor evoked potentials (MEPs) from the erector spinae muscles as a measure to estimate the motor level of thoracic ...

An improved prosthetic leg device outfitted with a number of external sensors, representing foot touch and pressure and knee joint angle, transmit sensory signals back to the nervous system through a ...

The first bionic hand that allows an amputee to feel what they are touching will be transplanted later this year in a pioneering operation that could introduce a new generation of artificial limbs ...

Researchers have published their postmortem report on a case of spinal muscular atrophy type 3 complicated by superficial siderosis, offering details on their neuropathological and molecular findings.