Mobility treatment - Electronic nerve root implant could improve quality of life for people with serious spinal cord injury

摘要

A TEAM AT University College London (UCL) is developing a spinal canal implant that could mprove the quality of life and life expectancy for people with serious pinal cord injury. Previous research has restored unction to this patient group by stimulating muscles through the skin using surface electrodes or implanting electrodes in the nuscles or between the spinal cord and the muscles.