{"id":175647,"date":"2023-11-09T12:01:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T18:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/spinal-implant-lets-man-with-parkinsons-walk-again"},"modified":"2023-11-09T12:01:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T18:01:51","slug":"spinal-implant-lets-man-with-parkinsons-walk-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/spinal-implant-lets-man-with-parkinsons-walk-again","title":{"rendered":"Spinal implant lets man with Parkinson\u2019s walk again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/spinal-implant-lets-man-with-parkinsons-walk-again2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a good application for medicine. \ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffc<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\u201cI practically could not walk anymore without falling frequently, several times a day,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/actu.epfl.ch\/news\/parkinson-s-disease-a-neuroprosthetic-to-correct-w\/\">said<\/a> Marc, who is now 62 years old. \u201cIn some situations, such as entering a lift, I\u2019d trample on the spot, as though I was frozen there, you might say.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"\"><p>\u201cThis allows me to walk better and to stabilize. I\u2019m not even afraid of the stairs anymore.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s new?<\/strong> Marc\u2019s problem is unfortunately not unusual \u2014 about 90% of people with Parkinson\u2019s develop a disabling walking disorder in the disease\u2019s advanced stages. However, unlike anyone else in the world, an experimental spinal cord stimulator is now helping him overcome his mobility issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a good application for medicine. \ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffc \u201cI practically could not walk anymore without falling frequently, several times a day,\u201d said Marc, who is now 62 years old. \u201cIn some situations, such as entering a lift, I\u2019d trample on the spot, as though I was frozen there, you might say.\u201d \u201cThis allows me to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":528,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175647","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\/528"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}