Related reading: «New, non-invasive treatment improves hand and
arm function in people with spinal cord injury»
The second project will employ the same novel user - control strategy to support
arm function in individuals with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy who have experienced a dramatic loss of range in movement.
Scientists plan to test whether repetitive administration of AIH can result in better hand and
arm function in individuals with incomplete cervical SCI.
Working with Columbia Technology Ventures, a team of individuals ranging from professors at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons to undergraduate students at Columbia's School of Engineering and Applied Science has developed a device meant to improve
arm function in patients with SMA.
The researchers not only looked into a technical solution, they also obtained more insight into the development of
arm function in boys and men with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy through the Duchenne Dynamic Arm Study (DDAS).
Not exact matches
A year later, he has regained some motor
function in his
arms with enough strength to push himself
in the wheelchair for prolonged periods of time, and he's working on feeding himself without an adaptive eating utensil.
Based
in the U.S., Recurrent Energy is a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. and
functions as Canadian Solar's U.S. project development
arm.
Barisan Nasional said
in an email response that Bersih's findings should not be taken as objective facts as it was a «
functioning arm of Malaysia's opposition».
The person doesn't walk away — despite hard work, despite prayers for a miracle and bargaining with God, despite making vast improvements
in learning daily living skills from a wheelchair, and even despite, at times, some measurable return of
arm and hand
function.
«18 It is partly
in response to that void of an Italian Reformation that we may understand Gramsci's fascination, and not Gramsci's alone but that of almost every major modern Italian intellectual with Niccolo Machiavelli, the Italian contemporary of Luther and Calvin.19 Gramsci treats Machiavelli as a Reformer
in secular guise, a «precocious Jacobin,» with a vision of a people
armed, a national Italy, and Gramsci used the figure of Machiavelli's Prince to express the unifying and leading
function of the modern Communist party.
That is why
in every movie theater there shall be established a well
functioning alarm system, with cameras outside the door, and sound which immidiately would alert, an adequate number of well trained,
armed and background checked security guards to arrive ready to apprehend the perpotrator and provide for the safety for all the innocent individuals who spent their money to have a good time not to get shot at (enterprises cut corners and then we complain about security and unemployment, charge what you charge for the concession if you have to without serving the soda and the pop - corn, I rather stay lean, healthy, intact and alive).
Privigen has been approved to treat CIDP, a neurological disorder marked by progressive weakness and impaired sensory
function in the legs and
arms.
Long - sleeved bibs
function a lot like feeding bibs, but instead of just hanging
in front of your baby's chest, they cover the
arms and sometimes most parts of your baby's body.
Ricki Sollinger recounts the many pressures on women pregnant out - of - wedlock to relinquish children for adoption
in years gone by... «Ricki than describes expectant - mother homes which
functioned as mechanisms to pry babies out of the reluctant
arms of their mothers and into the hands of the adoption industry.
The
function of the Smart Swing Technology is to ensure the speeds is smooth across board so that your baby can have the same experience as if being soothed
in your own
arms.
Third, the Bolivarian Forces of Liberation (FBL), a left - wing
armed group primarily
functioning in the Venezuelan states of Apure, Barinas and Zulia might intensify the use of violence (for more information on the various types of violent non-state actors present
in the Colombian - Venezuelan borderlands see my recent article
in Perspectives on Terrorism).
«For these three
arms, the other two
function in accordance with laws made by this
arm.
With regard to the computer equipment being removed, when I discovered that, I instructed the Serjeant at
Arms to ensure that the police had that equipment back
in the office on Monday to allow the hon. Member concerned to
function properly as a Member of Parliament.
The diversification of these toxins correlates directly with their functional importance
in prey capture, for example the most pathogenic king cobra toxin family have undergone massive expansion, while,
in contrast, venom proteins with less important
functions do not participate
in the evolutionary
arms race occurring between snakes and their prey.
The rehabilitation team of occupational therapists who specialize
in helping patients adapt to loss of
function in their upper limbs and «redesign» the way patients do tasks with the
function they have left, worked with Sorto and the Caltech team daily to help Sorto visualize what it would be like to move his
arm again.
Two recent, late - stage clinical trials were stopped because nusinersen, developed by Ionis of Carlsbad, California, and now licensed to Biogen of Cambridge, Massachusetts, was so effective
in restoring motor
function in children and babies that it was deemed unethical to deny the drug to children
in the placebo
arms of the trials.
Exposure to fumes released during the firing of military small
arms can lead to a decline
in lung
function, according to a new study.
«Fumes from military small
arms lead to decline
in lung
function.»
The FMT
arm also demonstrated sustained and significant improvements
in cognitive
function at 1 year compared with both baseline and SOC.
In those patients, brain damage limits their arm and leg motor functions, which affects posture and free movement in the limb
In those patients, brain damage limits their
arm and leg motor
functions, which affects posture and free movement
in the limb
in the limbs.
Brady's story is instructive; he initially lost all
function in his left
arm and most of the
function in his left leg, and had difficulty controlling his emotions during speech.
Even if nerve and muscle
function could be completely restored
in the
arm, biological hands are too complex for surgeons like Aszmann to rewire.
Joseph Poole, M.D., Ph.D., of the Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, and colleagues studied whether therapy with granulocyte - macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM - CSF), an agent that
functions as a white blood cell growth factor, would improve walking performance
in patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease (a form of vascular disease
in which there is partial or total blockage of an artery, usually one leading to a leg or
arm).
Shepherd Center is one of 12 U.S. centers participating
in a clinical trial that is evaluating whether coupling navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the brain with standard occupational therapy can measurably improve hand and
arm function following a stroke.
This work will examine the benefits of simultaneous
arm and hand therapy
in accelerating improvement
in function.
Cardiac
function was significantly better
in the shorter duration
arm.
Foresight Institute established the Feynman Grand Prize
in 1996 to motivate scientists and engineers to design and construct a
functioning nanoscale robotic
arm with specified performance characteristics.
In other words, nerves in the arms activated and adapted to improve function of the spinal cord in other areas of the body, such as the legs, affected by strok
In other words, nerves
in the arms activated and adapted to improve function of the spinal cord in other areas of the body, such as the legs, affected by strok
in the
arms activated and adapted to improve
function of the spinal cord
in other areas of the body, such as the legs, affected by strok
in other areas of the body, such as the legs, affected by stroke.
The study, the first to test the influence of
arm training on post-stroke leg
function, is published ahead of print
in the Journal of Neurophysiology.
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.
The previous line of thought was that a certain area of the brain was
in charge of hand
function, but new research shows that other body parts compensating for the missing hand (like a foot, mouth or
arm) just as effectively «light up» the erstwhile hand area.
All three studies on walnuts showed an improvement
in endothelial
function, arterial
function — this so - called flow - mediated dilation measured
in the
arm.
Without the focus on moving
arms up to essentially do an upwards fly, as well as twisting the chest as a secondary
function in the wood chops (which is obviously more core) you still won't get a really cut look
Yes, the primary
function of your ab muscles is to flex the spine like
in a situp, but that's kind of like lifting your
arms in the air a bunch of times and expecting to develop your
arms and shoulders.
The long heads of triceps perform a similar
function in bring the
arm down towards the waist and can't be removed from the movement due to their anatomy.
Some of my favorite quick exercises to boost brain
function are jogging
in place, pumping your
arms overhead, air squats, standing twists, or really anything that gets your body moving and your heart pumping a little bit.
They are known to contract prior to any
arm or leg movement and so they
function in keeping the center, of the body rigid during all movement.
The general action of the back muscles allows movement
in the head, shoulders,
arms, and the spine they are also involved
in movement of the ribs which allows for respiratory
function.
This one works the second
function, bringing the
arms down
in front of you.
Its main
function is to stabilise the upper
arm by holding the head of the humerus
in position.
In other words, as with the entire deltoid muscle, the primary
function is to move the
arm away from the body, specifically to the front.
She went on to develop symptoms of MS, including loss of strength and motor
function in her
arms and legs when exposed to scented products or industrial fumes.
Again, the difference
in peak hip extension moments between these lifting variations may be a
function of the peak external moment
arm in each case, with the straight - leg position placing the hip joint further from the system center of mass than the bent - leg position.
However, as the moment
arm length rises drastically as the
arm is elevated
in the sagittal plane from 25 degrees upwards, we can tentatively conclude the clavicular head
functions as a shoulder flexor
in the scapular plane while the
arm is moving from at least horizontal to 120 degrees (
arms above head).
In addition, weak or inflexible core muscles can impair how well your
arms and legs
function (remember it's your central link).