{"id":136050,"date":"2022-02-25T12:22:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T20:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/a-spinal-cord-implant-allowed-paralyzed-people-to-walk-in-just-one-day"},"modified":"2022-02-25T12:22:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T20:22:36","slug":"a-spinal-cord-implant-allowed-paralyzed-people-to-walk-in-just-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/a-spinal-cord-implant-allowed-paralyzed-people-to-walk-in-just-one-day","title":{"rendered":"A Spinal Cord Implant Allowed Paralyzed People to Walk in Just One Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/a-spinal-cord-implant-allowed-paralyzed-people-to-walk-in-just-one-day2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After five months \u201cperformance improved dramatically,\u201d the authors said. All three people were able to sustain their own weight, standing independently in their daily lives. With the help of a walker, they could easily stroll for six minutes without any other assistance. Michel was even able to climb up stairs with minimum support.<\/p>\n<p>The trio celebrated their newfound freedom. With the stimulator helping with their trunk position\u2014aka \u201ccore strength\u201d and posture\u2014they were able to enjoy everyday life. Standing while sipping a drink at a bar. Paddling a kayak on a lake. Taking a lap in the pool.<\/p>\n<p>The stimulation further helped with muscle recovery. All three men found a boost in their leg and trunk muscle mass, and two were eventually able to control some muscle function even without stimulation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After five months \u201cperformance improved dramatically,\u201d the authors said. All three people were able to sustain their own weight, standing independently in their daily lives. With the help of a walker, they could easily stroll for six minutes without any other assistance. Michel was even able to climb up stairs with minimum support. The trio [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136050\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}