A shift from fee-for-service care to value-based models would correct the perverse incentives that currently undermine optimal treatment of spine-related conditions.

A baby diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) was successfully treated in the womb for the first time. Now over two ...

Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is a progressive spinal disease characterized by ectopic bone ...

therapies for spinal cord injuries and more, the method relies upon mineral-coated microparticles to deliver mRNA that encodes for ... New Innovative Local Treatment for Osteolytic Bone Disease in ...

Researchers reported a spine-stimulating implant might aid neurodegenerative diseases like spinal muscle atrophy.

People with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease, usually experience muscle weakness that impacts movement. New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation ...

Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle ...

Three patients with spinal muscular atrophy had improved muscle strength and could walk farther after a month of daily spinal ...

A toddler was successfully treated for a rare genetic disease, spinal muscular atrophy, after world-first in-womb therapy.

Researchers indicate that the Lumipulse p-tau217 assay may reduce over 50% of lumbar punctures performed for diagnosing ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger – able to stand and walk more easily – when an implanted device zapped their spinal cord.