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More than 70 percent of people who are tetraplegic saw significant return of hand and arm strength and function with the use of a device that provides electrical stimulation to the spinal cord. Those results, from an international study overseen by Chet Moritz, a University of Washington School of Medicine professor of rehabilitation medicine, show promise for the first time for those with spinal cord injuries.
More than 70 percent of people who are tetraplegic saw significant return of hand and arm strength and function with the use of a device that provides electrical stimulation to the spinal cord. Those results, from an international study overseen by Chet Moritz, a University of Washington School of Medicine professor of rehabilitation medicine, show promise for the first time for those with spinal cord injuries.
