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Neuroprosthetics: Restoring multi-joint motor control

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An intracortical brain–computer interface combined with functional electrical stimulation allows an individual with traumatic spinal cord injury to perform coordinated reaching and grasping movements.

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Figure 1: A brain–body neuroprosthesis consisting of intracortical electrode arrays connected to a functional electrical stimulation (FES) system for controlling the movement of the subject's arm, which can be assisted by a motorized support.
Figure 2: Functional restoration of movement in physically impaired subjects.

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  2. Institute of Biorobotics, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, I-56127, Italy

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