Posted on 10/28/2017 2:26:58 PM PDT by TBP
Through a combination of electrical stimulation and intense physical training, a man with a complete spinal cord injury has regained the ability to independently stand up and move his legs.
Andrew Meas broke his neck in a motorcycle accident when he was just 28 years old. He was unable to walk, stand, or voluntarily move his legs, even after 21 months of rehabilitation and training following the accident.
Just over four years after the accident, researchers from the Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center at the University of Louisville paired his rehabilitation with something called spinal cord epidural stimulation (scES).
It's fairly invasive. It consisted of a device implanted over Meas's spinal column, providing electrical stimulation to the lumbosacral enlargement during physical training. An electrode lead was tunnelled to a pouch under the skin of the patient's abdomen, which contained the pulse generator.
Over the course of 44 months of physical training with scES, Meas has regained the ability to move his lower limbs, without needing the scES to do so.
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Wonderful!
Now this is news.
Yes. A good story for a change. Thanks for posting.
Wonderful, certainly is the word to use here.
The field of Neuroscience is starting to boom. They are working with A.I. to design prosthetics that can be moved with the patient’s brain.
Argus 2 Second Sight for patient’s blinded by retinitis pigmentosis is beyond fabulous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5NoK9A91pg
Yes it is. This is a Godsend for thousands of paralyzed people.
Klanned Barrenhood hardest hit.
Great story, but..:
Spine + Kentucky = Political joke
Fetal stems cells have been linked to cancer. Not sure why it’s still continued. I remember reading that intact organs bring in the bucks for KB but haven’t researched why yet.
At age 64 with 3 years in the chair, I don’t hold out much hope. Miracles happen to others, mostly.
I’m so sorry pingman. Of course there’s hope. Miracles happen every day and it can happen to you. Prayers up for you.
Sure is.
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