Tag: paraplegic
Alexandra Saint-Pierre: who is the para table tennis world champion, paraplegic after an accident?
The Frenchwoman is one of the great chances of a medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Alexandra Saint-Pierre arrived late on the international table tennis circuit, only in 2019.…
A world first: a paraplegic patient walks again after 12 years
News Published on 05/25/2023 at 6:15 p.m. Updated 05/25/2023 at 6:15 p.m. Reading 2 mins. A collaboration between Swiss and French researchers has achieved what was unthinkable just a few…
A paraplegic regains control of walking thanks to two technologies
For the first time, a paraplegic person was able to regain natural control of walking through thought, thanks to the coupling of two technologies restoring communication between the brain and…
Controlling his legs by thought: the scientific prowess that allows a paraplegic to walk again
For the majority of us, walking seems natural, instinctive. We just have to want it for our legs to carry us. Without us realizing it, our brain sends a command…
The Snap #60: paraplegic patients walk again thanks to an implant
Paraplegic patients manage to walk again The hope of walking again one day, such is the promise of a new Swiss implant. Scientists from EPFL and CHUV have developed implants…
Swiss researchers make three paraplegics walk again
News Published 1 day ago, Reading 2 mins. It seems like the realm of the impossible and yet: thanks to science, three paraplegics have been able to walk again, independently.…