Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, described how they helped the patient, 26, walk again in a paper published today in the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation.

Afterward, he spent more than a week in the hospital and nearly two weeks in rehab relearning how to walk. “At first, I couldn’t get out of bed, and then, I could walk 10 feet.

Afterward, he spent more than a week in the hospital and nearly two weeks in rehab relearning how to walk. “At first, I couldn’t get out of bed, and then, I could walk 10 feet.

Afterward, he spent more than a week in the hospital and nearly two weeks in rehab relearning how to walk. “At first, I couldn’t get out of bed, and then, I could walk 10 feet.