Paralyzed man able to walk again thanks to brain, spine implants
Gert-Jan Oskam, a 40-year-old man who was paralyzed from a cycling injury he suffered 12 years ago, is walking again thanks to a new device that connects his brain and his spinal cord through implants.
After around 40 rehabilitation sessions using the brain-spine interface that detects electrical activity in the cortex, Oskam had regained the ability to voluntarily move his legs and feet.
“What we observed along the duration of this training is a digital repair of the spinal cord,” said Professor Grégoire Courtine, a neuroscientist at EPFL.
“Not only he could leverage the digital bridge in order to control his paralyzed muscle but also show a recovery of neurological function he had lost for many years, suggesting that this digital bridge also promoted the growth of new nerve connections."
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Gert-Jan Oskam, a 40-year-old man who was paralyzed from a cycling injury he suffered 12 years ago, is walking again thanks to a new device that connects his brain and his spinal cord through implants.
After around 40 rehabilitation sessions using the brain-spine interface that detects electrical activity in the cortex, Oskam had regained the ability to voluntarily move his legs and feet.
“What we observed along the duration of this training is a digital repair of the spinal cord,” said Professor Grégoire Courtine, a neuroscientist at EPFL.
“Not only he could leverage the digital bridge in order to control his paralyzed muscle but also show a recovery of neurological function he had lost for many years, suggesting that this digital bridge also promoted the growth of new nerve connections.”
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