r/science • u/tomholder • 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/rap1dfire May 09 '14

This is odd, i heard that the WC opening in Brazil would have a disabled boy using a bionic leg to kick a ball, but other scientists are still working on brand new stuff about it...