Sentences with phrase «regained voluntary control»

«When we first learned that a patient had regained voluntary control as a result of the therapy, we were cautiously optimistic,» said Roderic Pettigrew, M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, which provided support for the study.

«When we first learned that a patient had regained voluntary control as a result of spinal stimulation, we were cautiously optimistic,» said Roderic Pettigrew, Ph.D., M.D., director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) at NIH, which provided support for the study.

Within just a few days of the start of stimulation, all three patients regained some voluntary control of previously paralyzed muscles.

Surprisingly, seven months into the trial, Summers also discovered that he had regained some voluntary control of his legs.

Many ultimately regained voluntary control of their leg muscles, standing up and even walking on their own.