Dear Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System Subscribers,
The SCI Forum presentation “Developing Neuroprosthetic Treatments for Spinal Cord Injury,” which took place on February 8, 2011 at the University of Washington Medical Center, is now available for viewing on our website at http://sci.washington.edu/info/forums/reports/research_moritz.asp.
Chet Moritz, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Physiology & Biophysics at the University of Washington School of Medicine, conducts research in brain-computer interfaces and neuroprosthetic technology. The goal of his research is to develop systems that can bypass damaged areas of the spinal cord and restore voluntary control of movement to paralyzed muscles. His research uses a combination of animal and human studies. In this presentation, Dr. Moritz summarizes the state of the art in this field and describes his study using brain activity to control Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) to stimulate the muscles of a paralyzed wrist. In addition to direct muscle stimulation, another promising approach is intraspinal stimulation. This technique was nearing its first clinical trial at the time of this talk. Dr. Moritz explains intraspinal stimulation and his work generating movements of the hand and arm.
Please give us your feedback after watching the video. Just click the "two-minute survey" link on the forum page, or go to https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/csalzman/26614.
We have more than 25 videos on a variety of SCI-related topics that you can watch online at http://sci.washington.edu/info/forums/forum_videos.asp.
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Cynthia Salzman, MHA
Public Information Specialist
Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Washington, Box 356490, Seattle, WA 98195
Phone: 206-685-3999; Fax: 206-685-3244
csalzman@uw.edu
