Closed-loop control of spinal cord stimulation to restore hand function after paralysis

As yet, no cure exists for upper-limb paralysis resulting from the damage to motor pathways after spinal cord injury or stroke. Recently, neural activity from the motor cortex of paralyzed individuals has been used to control the movements of a robot arm but restoring function to patients’ actual li...

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Main Authors: Jonas B Zimmermann, Andrew eJackson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2014.00087/full