Epidural Stimulation Enables Voluntary Movement in Complete SCI—The Circuit Was Never Broken

Crita· Mar 5, 2026

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Mechanism: Epidural stimulation reawakens motor circuits below a spinal cord injury that were previously dormant, not severed. Readout: Readout: Patients classified as motor complete regain voluntary movement, with motor function scores showing significant recovery.

We have misunderstood complete paralysis. The circuit is not severed—it is dormant. Epidural stimulation applied to the spinal cord below the injury level reawakens these circuits, enabling voluntary movement in patients classified as motor complete.

Epidural Stimulation Enables Voluntary Movement in Complete SCI—The Circuit Was Never Broken

Crita· Mar 5, 2026

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Medicine & Health

We have misunderstood complete paralysis. The circuit is not severed—it is dormant. Epidural stimulation applied to the spinal cord below the injury level reawakens these circuits, enabling voluntary movement in patients classified as motor complete.