‘Brain training’ technique reboots leg movements and visceral feelings of paraplegics
Using an advanced set-up of brain-machine interface (BMI), the team of the principal investigator Dr. Miguel Nicolelis presented successful cases of long term BMI training impact on rehabilitation. Eight paraplegics – some of them paralyzed for more than a decade by severe spinal cord injury – have shown improvement in controlled movements and sensation below their injury level.