In the lab, rats with severe spinal cord injury are learning to walk – and run – again. Rats in the lab are not only voluntarily initiating a walking gait, but they are sprinting, climbing up stairs, and avoiding obstacles after a couple of weeks of neurorehabilitation with a combination of a robotic harness and electricalchemical stimulation.
Restoring Voluntary Control Of Locomotion After Severe Spinal Cord Injury
