Future Technology May Help Paralyzed People Walk
From: Akron Beacon Journal - February 28, 2001

Many paralyzed people could soon have a stimulating future ahead of them. The
Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation Center is gaining an
international reputation for cutting-edge research that experts say could
someday give some people the ability to walk again. The concept: If the
central nervous system is broken, why not use an outside electrical source to
stimulate the muscles and get them moving again? 

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