Spinal-cord stimulation allows three paralyzed men to walk with assistance


Science | 206828 hits | Nov 01 5:57 am | Posted by: DrCaleb
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“It’s an amazing feeling,” says David Mzee, whose left leg was paralyzed in 2010. Mzee has now regained some ability to walk thanks to a breakthrough in spinal-cord stimulation technology. “I can do a knee extension of my left leg... flex my hip and even

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  1. by avatar DrCaleb
    Thu Nov 01, 2018 1:04 pm
    One of the guys I went to University with dreamt of doing things like this. He was taking an engineering degree and biology degree together in hopes of using electronics to re-trigger severed nerves; or to use nerve impulses to trigger mechanical limbs.

  2. by housewife
    Thu Nov 01, 2018 1:10 pm
    Impressive

  3. by Sunnyways
    Thu Nov 01, 2018 9:20 pm
    Dramatic news. The Swiss group has modified an established technique and seems to have made a major breakthrough here. It offers tremendous hope for so many.



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