All the injured were suffering from acute or complete paralysis as a result of spinal cord damage, according to the Sains Arart website.
The new treatment is based on a study conducted by researchers from the Swiss Research Group, to determine the microscopic nerve groups stimulated by treatment.
Neurons that regulate walking in part of the spinal cord that passes through the lower back.
The spinal cord injuries can cut a chain of signals from the brain, which prevents us from walking even when these specific lumbar neurons are still intact.
The “running” neurons become effectively non -functional, which may lead to permanent paralysis in the legs.
Previous research has shown that the electrical stimulation of the spinal cord can reflect this paralysis.
The neuroscientist Claudia Cat from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) and its colleagues tested a technology called Electricity Potential in 9 individuals, as well as in an animal model.
The spinal cord is stimulated by a surgically implanted neurotransmitter. Meanwhile, patients have also undergone an intense nervous rehabilitation process that included an automatic support system that helps them while they were moving in multiple directions.
Patients underwent five months of stimulation and rehabilitation, four to five times a week. Surprisingly, all volunteers then enables to take steps with additional help.
This timely new understanding may lead to more treatment options, and may provide a better quality of life for people with all other types of spinal cord injuries as well..
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