Implant shock patient back, restore partial use of paralyzed limbs

Keep in mind that spinal implant, which contributed to a paraplegic man go (if in a harness) again in 2011? It is now on three more partially paralyzed patient-tested and it works. The original instrument was the small pulses of electricity to the spinal column, an array of 16 electrodes, issued the brain to simulate the natural impulses. With intensive therapy and training of patients regain limited control over their paralyzed limbs.
No one is foot just yet, but the latest study success (published in the brain, a neurology journal) proves that the treatment on a wider range of patients work. It also shows that the results of the original experiment can be replicated. It is still far from being a cure for paralysis, but the paper authors are optimistic about their future application, stating that "can we imagine now a day where epidural stimulation could be part of a cocktail of therapies for the treatment of paralysis." Read the study itself in the brainor jump after the break, patients to try out their new implants.
[Image credit: UCLA]

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