An implant allows you to resume the movement of the legs!

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The scientific advance continues to contribute good news in the world of health. The proof of this is that it was recently announced that 3 people who did not mobilize their legs due to a paraplegic picture they had, thanks to an implant managed to walk again.

This scientific and even technological advance allows the implant to promote a stimulus in an electrical way the spinal cord of a person who cannot mobilize their legs. However, according to the Nature Medicine magazine, this implant promises Through science, there is a new hope for people in paraplegic condition.

The first positive results of this implant were obtained with 3 male patients who presented a paraplegic condition. They, apart from not being able to move their legs, had also lost all kinds of sensitivity since during the accident they had, the spinal cord was fully affected.

To contextualize everything related to the spinal cord, we can emphasize that, it is integrated into the spine and is an extension that is connected to the brain. It should be noted that, through this connection, many movements that human beings perform and in case of this connectivity are caused, it is impossible for the brain to emit messages that allow the movements.

As regards the implant that patients had, the leg movement achieved it because they completely reverted all the damage they had in the spinal cord because of the accident they had at the time.

The implant is made up of 15 electrodes that help is to stimulate 95% of the spinal cord in an electrical form. It is important to highlight that, this scientific study is not new because, they had 10 years working on it, for the first time the results obtained were 100% effective and after placing the implant, the person has the possibility of performing therapies that helps them walk without any difficulty.

One of the researchers who worked to develop this scientific advance announced that, the person after having received the implant must wait a period of 15 days to begin to make the first movements. After this time, the rehabilitation process begins; The latter is 5 months.

In the same way he explained that through a tablet, the person who was implanted can issue the orders that the implant receives at the time of stimulation. He ensures that the operation of this device is equal to that of a pacemaker.

This tablet plays it in a walker and when pressing the right button, the stimulus that allows the mobilization of the muscles will be emitted by achieving the legs receive the message of flexion. As regards the left side, it is for the legs to perform the walking movement.

In conclusion, these positive results were obtained after improving all the technology that previous scientists were using. Similarly, they had the help of pre -existing specialists and electrical stimulation. The only thing they rescued from the previous devices was the technology that allows to reduce the pain that the patient feels when performing the movements.