Patient moves paralyzed legs with help from electrical stimulation of spinal cord

“Mayo Clinic researchers have used electrical stimulation of the spinal cord and intense physical therapy to help Jared Chinnockintentionally move his paralyzed legs, stand, and make steplike motions for the first time in three years. The chronic traumatic paraplegia case marks the first time a patient has intentionally controlled previously paralyzed functions within the first two weeks of stimulation…”

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