Breakthrough for the paralyzed:Mind-controlled legs give paralyzed people hope of walking again

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  Mind-controlled legs give paralyzed people hope of walking again

                            (Wheelchair-bound paralyzed patients have been given a ray of hope )

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  Source:RT

Wheelchair-bound paralyzed patients have been given a ray of hope – they can be returned to physical activity via a robotic leg prosthesis controlled by the brain, which has been successfully tested by a team of US researchers.

­The medical team from the University of California campus in Irvine, together with the Long Beach Veterans Affairs Medical Center in California, has succeeded in connecting a mind-computer interface to a robotic leg, which will give a chance of walking again to patients with spinal cord injuries….more here

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