Electric jolts help spinal patients regain use of hands
From: CTV News - 02/17/2011

A new treatment that delivers tiny bursts of electricity to paralyzed muscles
in people with spinal cord injuries appears to actually "revive" the muscles
and restore hand movement. 

Read the entire article and watch a video at:
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Health/20110217/spinal-injuries-stimulation-110217/

Links:
Milos R. Popovic
https://www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=1797&nid=13535

Functional Electrical Stimulation Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair:
Therapy of Voluntary Grasping Versus Only Conventional Rehabilitation
http://nnr.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/02/07/1545968310392924.abstract