Brain-Machine Interface Benefits Paraplegic Patients
From: Medical Design Technology - 08/11/2016

The Walk Again Project (WAP), a nonprofit, international research consortium,
has released its first clinical report, published Aug 11th in Scientific
Reports. They report that a group of patients who trained throughout 2014
with the WAP's brain-controlled system, including a motorized exoskeleton,
have regained the ability to voluntarily move their leg muscles and to feel
touch and pain in their paralyzed limbs. This, despite being originally
diagnosed as having a clinically complete spinal cord injury, in some cases
more than a decade earlier.

Read the entire article and view a video (4:01) at:
https://www.mdtmag.com/news/2016/08/brain-machine-interface-benefits-paraplegic-patients

Links:
Duke Immersive Virtual Environment
http://virtualreality.duke.edu/project/walk-again-project

Walk Again Project
http://www.innf.net/walk_again.php
http://virtualreality.duke.edu/project/walk-again-project

Long-Term Training with a Brain-Machine Interface-Based Gait Protocol Induces
  Partial Neurological Recovery in Paraplegic Patients
http://www.nature.com/articles/srep30383

The International Neuroscience Network Foundation
http://www.innf.net

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Paraplegics Regain Some Feeling, Movement After Using Brain-Machine Interfaces
From: Medical Design Technology - 08/12/2016

Eight people who have spent years paralyzed from spinal cord injuries have
regained partial sensation and muscle control in their lower limbs after
training with brain-controlled robotics.

The patients used brain-machine interfaces, including a virtual reality
system that used their own brain activity to simulate full control of their
legs. Videos accompanying the study illustrate their progress.

The research - led by Duke University neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis, MD,
PhD, as part of the Walk Again Project in Sao Paulo, Brazil - offers promise
for people with spinal cord injury, stroke and other conditions to regain
strength, mobility, and independence.

Read the entire article at:
https://www.mdtmag.com/news/2016/08/paraplegics-regain-some-feeling-movement-after-using-brain-machine-interfaces

Links:
Nicolelis Lab
http://www.nicolelislab.net

Walk Again Videos
https://duke.app.box.com/s/q7x2ulwhxlpniirufpuwplqs4iz0px2y

Related:
Brain-Computer Interface Enables Paralyzed Man to Walk
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2015/09/brain-computer-interface-enables-paralyzed-man-walk

UCI Brain-Computer Interface Enables Paralyzed Man To Walk
http://www.ecnmag.com/news/2015/09/uci-brain-computer-interface-enables-paralyzed-man-walk

Monkeys with Brain Implants Drive Wheelchairs Using Their Minds
http://www.mdtmag.com/blog/2016/03/monkeys-brain-implants-drive-wheelchairs-using-their-minds

Brain-Machine Interface Benefits Paraplegic Patients
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2016/08/brain-machine-interface-benefits-paraplegic-patients

Brain-machine Interface Enables Paraplegics to Regain Some Movement, Feeling
http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/news/2016/08/brain-machine-interface-enables-paraplegics-regain-some-movement-feeling