https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. The goal of the MoreGrasp project was to develop a sensoric grasp neuroprosthesis to support the daily life activities of people living with severe to completely impaired hand function due to spinal cord injuries. The motor function of a neuroprosthesis was to be intuitively controlled by means of a brain-computer interface with emphasis on natural motor patterns. After three years, the breakthrough was reported by the members of the project consortium led by Gernot Müller-Putz, head of the Institute of Neural Engineering at TU Graz, which include the University of Heidelberg, the University of Glasgow, the two companies Medel Medizinische Elektronik and Bitbrain as well as the Know Center. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-09-moregrasp.html Tue, 18 Sep 2018 07:20:01 EDT news456473624 New research published in The Journal of Physiology has indicated why people with paralysis of their limbs and torso are more likely to suffer from sleep apnoea. This knowledge could be used to develop much-need targeted therapies. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-04-breath-taking-throat-reflexes-differ-people.html Mon, 16 Apr 2018 02:48:03 EDT news443065674 (HealthDay)—A brain-machine interface can be used to control an anthropomorphic prosthetic arm with 10 degrees-of-freedom, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, held from April 27 to May 1 in New Orleans. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-aans-brain-machine-interface-prosthetic.html Thu, 02 May 2013 06:20:01 EDT news286690401 A new method in which a number of operations are performed simultaneously can provide people with tetraplegia with a better grip function and the ability to open their hand. This method also shortens the patient's rehabilitation period by at least three months, reveals a doctoral thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-method-function-quickly-patients-tetraplegia.html Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:18:25 EDT news284804279