Mix of brain training, physical therapy can help paralyzed patients

After year of treatment, paraplegics regain some muscle control, feeling

patient doing VR

LEARNING TO WALK  A patient wearing virtual reality goggles and a cap that captures signals from the brain can use thoughts to control the movement of an avatar. Such brain training helped paraplegics in a new study regain some feeling and function. 

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Training the brain could give paraplegics more control over their bodies.