ALS is a nasty neurological ailment without a cure to date that affects about 12,000 to 15,000 Americans; it eats away at the body's ability to
voluntarily move muscles, eventually sapping essential functions like walking, talking, eating, and breathing.
Not exact matches
Four people with paraplegia are able to
voluntarily move previously paralyzed
muscles as a result of a novel therapy that involves electrical stimulation of the spinal cord, according to a study funded in part by the National Institutes of Health and the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.
Over 95 % of the body's total creatine content is located in skeletal
muscle (skeletal
muscles are the ones that attach to your bones and allow you to
voluntarily move your body, as opposed to the smooth and cardiac
muscles of your intestines and heart, respectively, which you can not consciously control).