Grasping a Soup Can (VIDEO)

University of Pittsburgh

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Spinal cord stimulation enabled simultaneous reaching, forearm supination and grasp, allowing one participant to reach, grasp and lift a soup can. Without stimulation, forearm pronation and supination were not possible.

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Powell et al., Nature Medicine, 2023

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