Spina bifida isn’t the only condition doctors are addressing differently as more patients survive to adulthood. Dr. Weiner ...

Impaired Muscle Power Reduced force generated by muscles or muscle groups, such as muscles of one limb or the lower half of the body, as caused, for example, by spinal cord injuries, spina bifida or ...

UC Davis Health’s groundbreaking trial aims to reverse the paralysis of spina bifida before birth. Multiple babies have been born after receiving the world’s first spina bifida treatment ...

Spina bifida is the most common permanently disabling birth defect that is associated with life. Each year approximately 1,400 babies born in the United States have spina bifida, according to the U.S.

Examples of an Underlying Health Condition that may lead to Impaired Muscle Power include spinal cord injury (complete or incomplete, tetra-or paraplegia or paraparesis), muscular dystrophy, ...

She was born with spina bifida, which caused partial paralysis and led to the amputation of her left leg. It's safer for her to use a wheelchair than a prosthetic, she said. "At first it was ...