running from the lower back down through the back of each leg. This nerve stimulates leg muscle movement and carries sensory signals from the legs to the spine, helping you complete daily ...

At the lower end, the 11 lumbar ... From there, the nerves travel throughout your torso, arms, and legs. These nerves provide sensory information and motor function (movement).

An international team of researchers reports the first known artificial nerve that can detect pressure—and even move the detached leg of a cockroach after the ... “[M]imicking complicated biological ...

In a small human trial in SMA patients neurostimulation sessions improved motoneuron function, reduced fatigue, and improved leg muscle strength and walking.

A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease.

"Enhancing functional abilities and cognitive integration of the lower limb prosthesis." Nerve-Stimulating Leg Prosthesis Improves Movement and Functionality in Amputees (1 of 10) Nerve ...