[HN Gopher] Parkinson's patient able to walk 6km without problem...
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       Parkinson's patient able to walk 6km without problems after spinal
       implant
        
       Author : gardenfelder
       Score  : 38 points
       Date   : 2023-11-06 19:31 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
        
       | gardenfelder wrote:
       | "Marc, 63, had freezing of gait before becoming first with
       | advanced Parkinson's to be fitted with device restoring normal
       | signalling"
        
       | darkerside wrote:
       | Simply incredible
        
       | caycep wrote:
       | ah, fixing the brain problem at the legs instead of the brain....
       | 
       | The Japanese had earlier examples but I think it was just a
       | typical spinal stim unit they appropriated from the chronic pain
       | folks. This one seemed to map the myotomes a little more in
       | detail from my brief overview, so it's probably acting as a
       | complex leg muscle actuator w/ a central controller chip vs. just
       | blasting the spine w/ juice
        
       | wombatpm wrote:
       | Solves some of the initial problems with muscle tremors and
       | control, but does nothing for the dementia that sets in later.
        
       | rad_gruchalski wrote:
       | Can we give it to MJF?
        
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