Sentences with phrase «voluntary movement after»

It focused on changes in axons — the fibers, the nerve signal «transmission «lines within the spinal cord that affect voluntary movement after stroke.

«Patients with paraplegia regain voluntary movement after spinal stimulation.»

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But the cerebral cortex — the part of the brain that has thoughts, stores memories, and controls voluntary muscle movement — only kicks into gear after encountering the world outside the womb.

In most cases, Friedreich's ataxia starts in adolescence with impaired balance and coordination (ataxia) of voluntary arm and leg movements, confining the majority of patients to a wheelchair after 10 - 20 years» progression.

The researchers concluded that in the early stages after stroke, improvements in voluntary movement can be attributed to a reduction in brain swelling because of the trauma and other spontaneous repairs, while later improvements result from «neuronal plasticity» — the reorganization or regeneration of nerve cells within the spinal cord in response to changes in the nerve network.

«We have uncovered a fundamentally new intervention strategy that can dramatically affect recovery of voluntary movement in individuals with complete paralysis even years after injury,» said Susan Harkema, Ph.D., Owsley Brown Frazier Chair in Clinical Rehabilitation Research at the University of Louisville, rehabilitation research director at KSCIRC, Frazier Rehab Institute, director of the Reeve Foundation's NeuroRecovery Network and primary author of The Lancet article.

BrainGate has developed a device, named after itself, which is composed of an «aspirin - sized array of electrodes» that is implanted in the motor cortex, the area of the brain primarily responsible for voluntary movement.

After that incident, Summers began voluntary movement training.

Thanks to his discovery, the three research participants following Summers regained voluntary movement almost immediately after receiving the stimulator implant.

Even so, the adaptations that produce eccentric - specific strength after eccentric training do not appear to be strongly velocity - specific (Alt et al. 2017), and there are indications that athletic populations display smaller differences between maximal involuntary and voluntary eccentric force, even in unfamiliar movements (Amiridis et al. 1996).

His movements should be voluntary, and you should click during the desired behavior, but reward after it.