Computer Learning, Electrical Stimulation Offer Hope For Paralyzed

Trainers have used it for decades to help athletes build muscle. Late-night TV commercials hawk it as an effortless flab buster. But an engineering researcher says electrical stimulation -- a simple, decades-old technique to prompt muscles to contract -- can be combined with sophisticated computer learning technology to help people regain more precise, more life-like control of paralyzed limbs.

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