Therapy lets paralysed man stand again

ConclusionThese are promising results from the treatment of one young man with paraplegia following a car accident. They demonstrate that, following assisted standing and stepping training for a two-year period, surgical implantation of electrodes below the site of his spinal injury allowed him to regain some muscle control during sessions of electrical stimulation.This stimulation allowed some activation of the nervous pathways in the lower spinal cord that were spared following the injury, activating the muscles sufficiently enough to let him stand for a brief period and regain some leg movements.Given that improvements in movement only occurred while stimulation was switched on this technique should not be considered to be a cure for paralysis. It should also be highlighted that it d...

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