A non-invasive brain-machine interface could help rehabilitate people paralyzed by stroke or spinal-cord injury
Milos Popovic, KITE director and collaborator of Dr. Marquez-Chin, calls it an “exciting” approach, and while their research is in its infancy, his team’s initial results suggest they are on the right track. “Patients are doing absolutely outstanding,” he said.
Moreover, she said in an e-mail, “If participants benefit from the experimental device, what are the plans to make it available to them once the trial is over?” “This isn’t something that can go out and be widespread today or tomorrow,” said Patrice Lindsay, Heart & Stroke’s director of systems change and stroke program. “It’s great if we can go there with it, [but] I think there’s a lot we still have to learn about how it works [and] which patients are the right patients.”
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