A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes
An implant that electrically stimulates the spine let two patients open a lock and more
![In a photo, stroke patient Heather Rendulic, who has dark hair and is wearing a dark shirt and a hospital mask, holds a Campbell's soup can. Devices used to monitor her implant are visible on her arm.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/021723_DI_stroke-recovery_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Heather Rendulic, whose left arm was paralyzed after a series of strokes nine years ago, picks up and holds a soup can thanks to a small electrical device implanted near her spinal cord.
Tim Betler/UPMC, University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences