STIMO (STImulation Movement Overground) is a new therapeutic framework using precise electrical stimulation of the spinal cord, via a wireless implant, to improve recovery from spinal cord injury. The STIMO study was led by the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) in Switzerland. During the study, three patients with chronic paraplegia were able to walk over ground.

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Targeted neurotechnology restores walking in humans with spinal cord injury
Fabien B. Wagner Jean-Baptiste Mignardot, Camille G. le Goff-Mignardot, Robin Demesmaeker, Salif Komi, Marco Capogrosso, Andreas Rowald, Ismael Seáñez, Miroslav Caban, Elvira Pirondini, Molywan Vat, Laura A. Mccracken, Roman Heimgartner, Isabelle Fodor, Anne Watrin, Perrine Seguin, Edoardo Paoles, Katrien Van Den Keybus, Grégoire Eberle, Brigitte Schurch, Etienne Pralong, Fabio Becce, John Prior, Nicholas Buse, Rik Buschman, Esra Neufeld, Niels Kuster, Stefano Carda, Joachim von Zitzewitz, Vincent Delattre, Tim Denison, Hendrik Lambert, Karen Minassian, Jocelyne Bloch & Grégoire Courtine
Nature, DOI:10.1038/s41586-018-0649-2
Electrical spinal cord stimulation must preserve proprioception to enable locomotion in humans with spinal cord injury
Emanuele Formento, Karen Minassian, Fabien Wagner, Jean Baptiste Mignardot, Camille G. Le Goff-Mignardot, Andreas Rowald, Jocelyne Bloch, Silvestro Micera, Marco Capogrosso and Gregoire Courtine
Nature Neuroscience, DOI:10.1038/s41593-018-0262-6
Video content courtesy of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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