Can muscle stiffness predict stroke recovery? Read more about trunk control findings in acute stroke survivors.

Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common childhood physical disability - 2.0-3.5 per 1000 births - and children born with it have impaired development and diminished control of movement and posture. In ...

New York, NY--October 22, 2020--Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common childhood physical disability--2.0-3.5 per 1000 births--and children born with it have impaired development and diminished ...

New robotic training technology helps children with cerebral palsy to sit more stably, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems ...

Elephants have an amazing arsenal of face, ear and trunk movements. The trunk consists of far more muscles than the entire human body and can perform both powerful and very delicate movements. A team ...

Kessler Foundation researchers have published a new clinical study investigating the effects of robotic postural stand training combined with spinal cord epidural stimulation (Stand-scES) on trunk ...

An engineering team has invented a robotic device -- the Trunk-Support Trainer (TruST) -- that can be used to assist and train people with spinal cord injuries (SCIs) to sit more stably by improving ...

A team led by an Indian scientist from Columbia Engineering has developed a robotic system that can be used to support and train people with spinal cord injuries to sit more stably by strengthening ...