The good news | Quadriplegic people regain control of their hands thanks to neurostimulation therapy

A total of 43 personas Quadriplegics due to spinal cord injuries have partially regained control of their hands with a device created by the company Onward Medical, which applies electrical stimuli to injured neurons. The device is called ARC-EX and works with electrodes placed on the fur in the cervical region, where the spinal cord injury occurred. It works in cases where the spinal cord is not completely severed and there are neurons connected between the brain and the hands. Thus, the objective of neurostimulation, designed to be applied as a physiotherapy treatment and so that patients can continue applying it later at home, is to reactivate these neurons. In the clinical trial, 60 patients from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom have received the treatment.