New Treatment Allows Paralyzed Patients to Stand, Walk

U.S. researchers are reporting progress in helping those paralyzed by spinal cord injuries to stand, and even to take steps. Two teams of medical researchers working separately say an electrical implant that stimulates the spinal cord allowed three paralyzed patients to stand and move forward while they held on to a walker or were supported from the back. One patient was able to walk the length of a football field. "Recovery can happen if you have the right circumstances,"...

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