Three-dimensional kinematic analysis and surface electromyography (EMG) of 10 male adults with complete spinal cord injury (C7 to L2). Kinematic variables that described the positions and angular ...

An abnormally low level of a protein in certain nerve cells is linked to movement problems that characterize the deadly childhood disorder spinal muscular atrophy, new research in animals suggests. An ...

Spontaneous, random baby movements aid the development of their sensorimotor system, according to new research led by the University of Tokyo. Detailed motion capture of newborns and infants was ...

Those seemingly random kicks or wiggles a newborn baby makes have a purpose. With each movement, the baby is developing its sensorimotor system, which it will later use to perform sequential movements ...

Accomplishing perhaps a world first, researchers at Columbia University and the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) have mapped the full-body muscular activity of an animal while it was moving and ...

Ice skating is the perfect winter sport. Whether on frozen lakes or in an ice rink, gliding around on skates is fun. But what ...