Health Alert: Paralyzed people are beginning to walk with a device surgically implanted on their spinal cords and months of physical therapy
Several people with spinal cord injuries are now able to stand, take steps and even walk, thanks to the device that stimulates electrical activity, accompanied by months of daily physical therapy. The reports, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine and Nature Medicine, are powerful proof of a concept that some patients with paralysis can learn to move again.
Several people with spinal cord injuries are now able to stand, take steps and even walk, thanks to the device that stimulates electrical activity, accompanied by months of daily physical therapy.
The reports, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine and Nature Medicine, are powerful proof of a concept that some patients with paralysis can learn to move again.
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