Sentences with phrase «arm and hand movements»

«The surgery required the precise implantation of the micro-chip sensor in the area of Ian's brain that controls his arm and hand movements,» Rezai said.

It looked like they were displaying Sydenham's chorea, with involuntary arm and hand movements.

Kochevar, who was paralyzed below his shoulders in a bicycling accident, is believed to be the first person with quadriplegia in the world to have arm and hand movements restored with the help of two temporarily implanted technologies.

She's fascinated with her own hands, and starting to connect how arm and hand movements feel with her desire to make them happen.

As far as medical science can determine at this point, Angela probably will never walk or have complete arm and hand movement again.

The further away from «1» the number designation of the cervical injury, the better chance a person has of regaining more arm and hand movement.

Such a person has arm and hand movement and therefore can propel his or her own wheelchair along the sidewalks — until reaching a high curb or pedestrian island.

The electrode - embedded sheets were placed over the parts of the brain that control arm and hand movement.

Neural activity that had been linked to arm and hand movement had changed.

The amputees in the study had previously undergone surgery to rewire the nerves in their upper bodies to act as messengers for the specific electric signals associated with arm and hand movement.

Not exact matches

With arm bands around my forearm that register my hand and arm movements in VR, the resistance machine was my controller.

Myo's comparatively simple measurements — arm movement, orientation and hand pose — require less power to process, allowing the batteries to last two full days.

Hold your body still — not stiff, but not fidgety, either — maintaining calm, restrained hand and arm movements while speaking.

What may well reveal the ancient origins of flamenco are the gestures of the profound dance (baile grande), in which the arm, hand, and foot movements closely resemble those of classical Hindu dance of the Indian subcontinent.

TORONTO, October 7, 2014 — MyndMove, a breakthrough medical therapy that significantly improves recovery of voluntary movement in patients with arm and hand paralysis following stroke or spinal cord injury (SCI), will be accessible to more Ontarians with the assistance of a unique program at MaRS Discovery District.

MyndMove, a breakthrough medical therapy that significantly improves recovery of voluntary movement in patients with arm and hand paralysis following stroke or spinal cord injury (SCI), will be accessible to more Ontarians with the assistance of a unique program at MaRS Discovery District.

She was, so my wife says, four weeks old before it dawned on her that her hand was attached to the end of her arm, and only later did she realize she could control its movements.

Above all, the symbolism of the movements of hands, arms, and fingers is very strongly developed.

«Anchoring creates potential advantages, such as making the stroke simpler and more repeatable, restricting the movement and rotation of the hands, arms and clubface, creating a fixed pivot point, and creating extra support and stability that may diminish the effects of nerves and pressure,» Nager said.

Law 12 of the Football Association's «Laws of the Game» states that «handling the ball involves a deliberate act of a player making contact with the ball with the hand or arm» but factors including the movement of hand towards the ball, the distance between opponent and the ball and the position of the hand are among a variety of factors which must be taken into account.

Support your child's neck and head by using your hands or by crooking your arm and avoid completely any jarring movements in his initial months.

He can't lift his arm and has limited movement in his hand and fingers.

This can be done by drawing shapes with a hand, by the body, arms or hands movement and orientation, as well as facial expressions to convey a speaker's thoughts.

Babies make a lot of movements that are often mistaken for seizures, including having a quivering chin, trembling hands, and jerky arm movements.

It basically boiled down to these steps... Swaddle (you really have to learn how to do this with the blanket), turning them on their side in your arm and supporting their head and neck with your hand, lightly shaking your hand under their head so it looks as if you are jiggling jello... very easy movements, and last but not least shhh... saying shhh at about the same level as they are crying, this imitates all the surroundings of that uterus home they were use to.

Your baby's hand and arm movements also will develop rapidly during these three months.

Flat surface left to right allows for full shoulder movement, which is important for arm and hand motor development

Unlike traditional swaddles that keep a baby's arms by their side or across their chest, the unique arms UP design of our Swaddle UP ™ replicates your baby's behavior in the womb, allowing the natural arms up position and movement of their hands to the mouth to truly self - soothe.

Baby «aerobics»: While your baby lays down on their back, stretch their arms and legs, and as they get older add more movements like little sit - ups by holding their hands and pulling them up.

Goose bumps, shivering, extensor movements of the arms, rapid flexion of the elbows, elevation of the arms above the bed, crossing of the hands, reaching of the hands toward the neck, forced exhalation, and thoracic respiratory - like movements... These complex sequential movements are felt to be release phenomena from the spinal cord including the upper cervical cord and do not [emphasis author's] mean that the patient is no longer brain dead.»

«The day before his first attempt at using the intracortical BCI for controlling a computer cursor, I described to T5 that the system was going to be recording from a part of the brain that was responsible for coordinating hand and arm movement,» Brandman said.

«When you move your arm, you really don't think about which muscles to activate and the details of the movement — such as lift the arm, extend the arm, grasp the cup, close the hand around the cup, and so on.

A user can plan movements based on the distance between the arm's location marker and their hand while looking at the live display of the arm.

This showed that the patients who had received tDCS were better able to use their hands and arms for movements such as lifting, reaching and grasping objects.»

The animal's task was to control the movement of two avatar arms on a computer monitor: To get a fruit juice reward, it had to place both hands over two circles and hold them there for 100 milliseconds, as demonstrated in the video above.

Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that causes a person to lose control of motor movements, such as the ability to move his or her hands, arms, and legs.

We are also dedicated not only to enabling control over computers or robotic assistive devices, but — for people with spinal cord injury or stroke — working toward the goal of reconnecting brain to limb, allowing the powerful intracortical signals to activate fully implanted functional electrical stimulation devices, and re-enabling intuitive movement of one's own arm and hand.»

The BrainGate implant's array of 100 hair - thin electrodes delves the cortex and eavesdrops on neurons that normally control hand and arm movement.

Donoghue and his colleagues then supervised as the computer translated the man's thoughts of moving his arm and hand into the actual movement of external devices.

In several ensuing research sessions, he and the other two study participants, who underwent similar surgeries, were encouraged to attempt or visualize patterns of desired arm, hand and finger movements.

When the DBS is turned on, the patient can make hand and arm movements and can chew and swallow his own food, a major step in improving his quality of life.

In June 2004, quadraplegic Matthew Nagle became the first patient to receive an experimental implant in a part of his brain that controls hand and arm movement.

In the laboratory «Neural Basis of Sensorimotor Control» we study brain circuitry mechanisms for voluntary movement control and sensory processing that involves the arm and hand.

For example, we are using electrical spinal stimulation synchronized with residual muscle activity or movement in order to produce lasting improvements in hand and arm function after spinal cord injury.

Also, modify your routine so that the first exercises you do are compound lifts, the next triceps exercises are two - hand free weight lifts and ending with cable exercises or one - arm movements.

Most modern jobs involve lots of upper - back, hand, and arm involvement in a way that feels sort of disproportionate to the movements of the rest of the body.

Gently extend the right arm upwards, pulling the towel up, and move your left hand (the one behing the back) across and up the back, following the movement of the towel.

Stagger the movement of the two arms, and keep the hands circling up and around and move forcefully in rhythm with the mantra, one revolution per second.

And it's like a real wave with his hand now, not a whole - arm movement like before.

When it gets difficult to go any further (this should be when your bicep is near your ear), reach up, turn your hand around, and bring your arm down while trying to stay in the same movement line.