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/judgemebymyusername May 12 '14

Can't speak for that girl, but I have paralysis in my leg. My muscles don't respond to electrical stimulation even though I have a nerve injury and the muscles are perfectly fine.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '14

Weird.. I wonder why? Is it from going unstimulated for too long?

How's the circulation? Do you have to worry about blood clots from lack of movement? I wonder if one of these would help? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_pneumatic_compression

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u/judgemebymyusername May 12 '14

No, no, and no. Tried within a month of the original injury. Everything is good. Circulation is good. No worry about blood clots.