Resumen de Paralysed limbs reawoken
Since Nov 2013, Miguel Nicolelis and his team have been training eight people with injuries to use the exoskeleton--a robotic device that encases the limbs and converts brain signals into movement. The device also feeds sensory information to its wearer, which seems to have partially reawakened their nervous system. When Nicolelis reassessed his volunteers after a year of training, he found that all eight people had regained sensations and the ability to move muscles in their once-paralysed limbs. The Walk Again Protect's results suggest that rehabilitation with an exoskeleton might offer a better future. Developed by a team of 156 people spanning the globe, the device reads the wearers brain activity using an electrode cap. Activity patterns associated with the wearer's intention to move are translated into an electrical signal that moves the legs of the exoskeleton, allowing the person to walk
