Why is leg strength important? Learn how strong legs improve mobility, prevent injuries, and support long-term health.

A recent review provides insight into the clinical progression of treatment-naive patients with spinal muscular atrophy type 3 who have lost ambulation. Patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) ...

The tragedy of leg health is that it is often ignored until something goes wrong—a swollen ankle, persistent knee pain, or a sudden loss of balance. By the time these warning signs appear, the damage ...

Trials of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) treatments targeting declining lung or upper limb function, which are typically limited to nonambulatory patients, could also include ambulatory patients, ...

"We assume that one of the explanations [for the different courses of motor function decline for lower versus upper extremities] might be that the longest corticospinal tracts are impacted first in ...