Patients with paraplegia regain voluntary movement after spinal stimulation
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 10:31
in Health & Medicine
Four people with paraplegia are able to voluntarily move previously paralyzed muscles as a result of a novel therapy involving electrical stimulation of the spinal cord, according to a new study. All four participants were classified with a chronic motor complete spinal cord injury and were unable to move their lower extremities prior to the implantation of an epidural stimulator.