Great. Making your point and being nasty was of utmost importance to everyone rather than allowing discussions with the community to unfold concerning remarkable recovery of function in humans. You're a real winner there Bob. We all thank you for that.
Here are just some of the pieces of the intricate discussions that took place among these principal investigators that were at this conference and working together. I'll be reporting their additional discussions about this recovery in the coming months as future collaborations are cemented and data unfolds in the journals they're publishing soon.
Do me a favor Grammy, leave remarks about my personality out and instead try to stick to subject matter. I was hoping to hear something new, Rob Summers has been around for some time.
Grass roots advocacy fertilized by Big Pharma-DICHOTOMY at it's best
I was hoping to hear something new, Rob Summers has been around for some time.
Yes, it's not new news that Rob is still alive and kicking.
The 4 patients in the IRB study all got meaningful recovery – not walking per se, but autonomic improvement which included bowel, bladder, sexual function and they have gained voluntary control of ankle, knee and hip movement. And for the one quadriplegic of the bunch, an important gain in temperature regulation. All gained muscle mass and improved cardiovascular function.
The paper “Neuro-modulation of evoked muscle potentials induced by epidural spinal cord stimulation in paralyzed individuals”, it doesn’t focus on recovery of function so much as the measurable vitality of the spinal cord circuits awakened by the stimulation. The response of the body to stimulation is map-able and tune-able, and works fine on people with chronic injuries.
That sounds very promising grammy, I just wish these thing would happen quicker.
Me too! So far so good as they say. At least we're starting to hear more about functional rehab. Four patients makes a case, but it's not enough to get past the hurdles just yet and the equipment needs to be improved too.
That sounds very promising grammy, I just wish these thing would happen quicker.
Me too! So far so good as they say. At least we're starting to hear more about functional rehab. Four patients makes a case, but it's not enough to get past the hurdles just yet and the equipment needs to be improved too.
I think this is a fair and realistic viewpoint grammy. At least this is some progress made in this area. I will have to read the report because it will be interesting to look at all the factors involved in these improvements.
I was hoping to hear something new, Rob Summers has been around for some time.
Yes, it's not new news that Rob is still alive and kicking.
The 4 patients in the IRB study all got meaningful recovery – not walking per se, but autonomic improvement which included bowel, bladder, sexual function and they have gained voluntary control of ankle, knee and hip movement. And for the one quadriplegic of the bunch, an important gain in temperature regulation. All gained muscle mass and improved cardiovascular function.
The paper “Neuro-modulation of evoked muscle potentials induced by epidural spinal cord stimulation in paralyzed individuals”, it doesn’t focus on recovery of function so much as the measurable vitality of the spinal cord circuits awakened by the stimulation. The response of the body to stimulation is map-able and tune-able, and works fine on people with chronic injuries.
Grammy, do you know what level the quadriplegic was and did he also gain BB and sexual function? Just wondering Im C 5,6
Grammy, do you know what level the quadriplegic was and did he also gain BB and sexual function? Just wondering Im C 5,6
The quad in the first IRB study was Rob Summers C7/T1 vertebra spinal section. Rob was the first to report BB and sexual function. He's said more recently, "I will be able to have a family completely normally". Here's an older article link. Andrew Maes, Dustin Shillcox and Kent Stephenson are para.
Grammy, do you know what level the quadriplegic was and did he also gain BB and sexual function? Just wondering Im C 5,6
The quad in the first IRB study was Rob Summers C7/T1 vertebra spinal section. Rob was the first to report BB and sexual function. He's said more recently, "I will be able to have a family completely normally". Here's an older article link. Andrew Maes, Dustin Shillcox and Kent Stephenson are para.
Wow, just read the story. That is very inspiring!!
Well, it's much too early to tell with only 4 patients in the IRB so far. There's just a ton more work and data to be collected. It's interesting however to be able to watch this research playing out. We'll all just have to wait and watch as this research unfolds.
I was hoping to hear something new, Rob Summers has been around for some time.
Yes, it's not new news that Rob is still alive and kicking.
The 4 patients in the IRB study all got meaningful recovery – not walking per se, but autonomic improvement which included bowel, bladder, sexual function and they have gained voluntary control of ankle, knee and hip movement. And for the one quadriplegic of the bunch, an important gain in temperature regulation. All gained muscle mass and improved cardiovascular function.
The paper “Neuro-modulation of evoked muscle potentials induced by epidural spinal cord stimulation in paralyzed individuals”, it doesn’t focus on recovery of function so much as the measurable vitality of the spinal cord circuits awakened by the stimulation. The response of the body to stimulation is map-able and tune-able, and works fine on people with chronic injuries.
Grammy
The story of Rob Summers is from 2011, do you have recent info. about epidural stimulation, what is the situation now, did they test it on more ppl?