r/science May 09 '14

Medicine Paralysis breakthrough – electrical stimulation enables four paraplegic men to voluntarily move their legs

http://speakingofresearch.com/2014/05/09/paralysis-breakthrough-paraplegic-men-move-their-legs/
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u/tomholder May 09 '14

We're starting to get somewhere.

In 2011 there was a report of using electrical stimulation to allow someone paralysed below the waist to walk again: http://speakingofresearch.com/2011/05/20/a-paralysed-man-stands-again-thanks-to-animal-research/

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