Paralyzed Man Walks Again Using Brain Waves

by Dr. Tim Lowenstein (c) 2015

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Quite the training process but it worked!

No Exoskeleton, No Brain Surgery: Paralyzed Man Walks Again Using Brain Waves

September 24, 2015 | by Justine Alford

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/no-exoskeleton-no-brain-surgery-paralyzed-man-walks-again-using-brain-waves

It’s days like this that make you proud to be human. Using the power of the patient's mind, scientists have enabled a man completely paralyzed in both legs to walk again. And this astonishing feat didn’t involve the help of an exoskeleton or robotic limbs, and no brain implants were required, making this a first for rehabilitation.

The patient was a 26-year-old man who had no motor (movement) function in his lower limbs due to a spinal cord injury sustained five years ago. He also lost sensation below his injury, although he could just about feel when his bladder was full.

Describing the results in the Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation, the team’s goal was to allow him to regain voluntary control of his legs using his brain, but without the need for invasive brain surgery. To achieve this, the researchers created a brain-computer interface system using an electroencephalogram (EEG) cap to read patterns of brain activity while he thought about walking.