Exoskeleton training surprises with potential paralysis cure

Brian G Turner

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8 people with long-term paralysis were given a year of training with a thought-controlled exoskeleton, to see if they could be useful as an aid to walking.

Instead - and quite remarkably - all of the test subjects showed some return of sensation and movement where none should have been possible:

Brain-robot training triggers improvement in paralysis - BBC News
 

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