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Speech Machine May Help Kids With Cerebral Palsy

Speech Machine May Help Kids With Cerebral Palsy

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new research laboratory at the UT Dallas Callier Center for Communication Disorders is for the first time investigating speech movements in children with cerebral palsy, and the researchers ...


Knee injuries may start with strain on the brain, not the muscles (w/ Podcast)

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

New research shows that training your brain may be just as effective as training your muscles in preventing ACL knee injuries, and suggests a shift from performance-based to prevention-based athletic training programs.


Rutgers researcher examines connections between vision and movement

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 08, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A hand moves forward, but is it a friendly gesture or one meant to do harm? In an instant, we respond -- either extending our arm forward to shake hands or raising it higher to protect our face. But what are the subtle cues ...





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Phantom limbs learn impossible tricks

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research has shown that body images can be formed independently of external sensory inputs, and that the phantom limbs of amputees can be trained to carry out tasks that would be impossible ...


Intelligent shoe performs pressure imaging

Intelligent shoe performs pressure imaging

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Martin Schepers of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, has developed a new intelligent shoe. It has four sensors that measure pressure and movement during walking, giving doctors a ...


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Snakes use friction and redistribution of their weight to slither on flat terrain

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Snakes use both friction generated by their scales and redistribution of their weight to slither along flat surfaces, researchers at New York University and the Georgia Institute of Technology have found. Their ...


Marine moves fingers after rare hand transplant

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Surgeons have transplanted a hand onto a Marine who was hurt in a training accident, and he has some movement in his fingers, according to the hospital where the operation occurred.


Leg movement training in preterm infants demonstrates positive changes in motor skills

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Preterm infants who receive leg movement training display feet-reaching behaviors similar to that of full-term infants, according to a randomized controlled trial reported in the October issue of Physical Therapy (PTJ), the sc ...


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Orangutans unique in movement through tree tops

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Movement through a complex meshwork of small branches at the heights of tropical forests presents a unique challenge to animals wanting to forage for food safely. It can be particularly dangerous for large ...


New nanogenerator may charge iPods and cell phones with a wave of the hand

New nanogenerator may charge iPods and cell phones with a wave of the hand

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 3

Imagine if all you had to do to charge your iPod or your BlackBerry was to wave your hand, or stretch your arm, or take a walk? You could say goodbye to batteries and never have to plug those devices into ...


Researchers advance knowledge of little 'nano-machines' in our body

Physics / Soft Matter

created Dec 18, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A discovery by Canada-U.S. biophysicists will improve the understanding of ion channels, akin to little 'nano-machines' or 'nano-valves' in our body, which when they malfunction can cause genetic illnesses that attack muscles, ...


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Wii-hab may enhance Parkinson's treatment

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The Nintendo Wii may help treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease, including depression, a Medical College of Georgia researcher says.


Mystery solved: Tiny protein-activator responsible for brain cell damage in Huntington disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Johns Hopkins brain scientists have figured out why a faulty protein accumulates in cells everywhere in the bodies of people with Huntington's disease (HD), but only kills cells in the part of the brain that controls movement, ...



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