Hope for Paraplegic Patients
From: Medical Design Technology - 05/16/2014

People with severe injuries to their spinal cord currently have no prospect
of recovery and remain confined to their wheelchairs. Now, all that could
change with a new treatment that stimulates the spinal cord using electric
impulses. The hope is that the technique will help paraplegic patients learn
to walk again.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2014/05/hope-paraplegic-patients

Link:
NEUWalk Project (with video 4:51)
http://www.neuwalk.eu/

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http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2014/02/scientists-study-new-ways-restore-hand-movement-after-paralysis

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