A study tested 38 children with SMA who took part in an eight-week breathing exercise program, with some also engaging their ...

A review of instruments used to assess upper-limb function in patients with neuromuscular diseases found that more tools are needed to address specific diseases. In most neuromuscular diseases (NMDs), ...

Research found correlation between eye-hand coordination and embodiment that could help prosthetic limbs function closer to a ...

Extremity reconstruction surgery can be life-changing for people whose hands, arms or legs have been affected by cancer, an infection, a traumatic injury, congenital (birth) defect, or other ...

Correspondence to Daniel T Tarara, Department of Exercise Science, High Point University, School of Health Sciences, 833 Montlieu Avenue, High Point 27268, NC, USA; dtarara{at}highpoint.edu Objective ...

The UAB Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Hand and Upper Extremity Section provides comprehensive hand, upper extremity and microvascular surgery services. Research is not only fueled by faculty ...

Join us for this collaborative continuing education course offered by the faculty of Doctor of Physical Therapy programs in the Philadelphia area. This two-day, laboratory intensive course will ...

The concern with the cervical herniated disk and the popular whiplash injury as a source of pain in the upper extremity may exclude consideration of a more distal origin of such pain. It is the ...

Outlawed in the United States, repurposed artificial limbs welcomed overseas. March 12, 2014— -- Peter Rosenberger’s garage was piled high with body parts for six years. Stacks of legs littered ...

In recent years, we have grown accustomed to seeing lots of positive images of those with limb loss engaging with life. Thanks to developments in marketing technologies, the Paralympic movement, and ...