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Nerve-stimulation device helps paralysed patients walk, cycle and swim

Three patients whose lower bodies were left completely paralysed after spinal cord injuries were able to walk, cycle and swim using a nerve-stimulation device controlled by a touchscreen tablet, a Swiss-led team of researchers has reported.


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