When a person moves, several different muscles in the back are used at the same time, making accurate diagnosis difficult. The detection device uses electric impulses to isolate each muscle. For more ...

Peterborough, N.H. – Bioengineers at the University of California-Los Angeles have found a promising method for producing microelectromechanical systems that are powered by living muscle tissue, ...

Credit: Motive Health. The Motive Knee device is intended to strengthen the quadriceps muscles using neuromuscular electrical stimulation to provide knee pain relief. The Motive ™ Knee, a muscle ...

As astronauts lose muscle mass due to the microgravity environment in space, could there be a way to monitor it so they can take necessary steps to prevent further muscle loss? This is what a recent ...

Therabody expanded its feel-good offerings with the acquisition of PowerDot, a muscle-stimulating device to temporarily relieve muscle pain. PowerDot uses neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) ...

Today, muscle atrophy is often unavoidable when you can't move due to severe injury, old age or diseases like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and multiple sclerosis (MS). However, Harvard ...

Skulpt, which has developed a smartphone-connected device that measures a user's body fat percentage and muscle quality, raised $4.1 million in a round led by Nautilus Venture Partners with ...

Researchers have fabricated the first wearable sensor designed to detect and monitor muscle atrophy. Researchers at The Ohio State University have fabricated the first wearable sensor designed to ...

Soft robots, medical devices, and wearable devices have permeated our daily lives. KAIST researchers have developed a fluid switch using ionic polymer artificial muscles that operates at ultra-low ...

Dorian Smith-Garcia is a diverse writer across beauty, fashion, travel, consumer goods, and tech. She writes smart and home gadget guides to help the tech-averse and newbies acclimate. She also writes ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients in the active treatment group saw a 37.4% reduction in wrinkle severity from baseline. They also saw a ...

Illustration of left eyelid attached to an electroactive polymer artificial muscle (EPAM) device after passing through an interpolation unit that is implanted in the lateral orbital wall. The power ...