SCI Regeneration MapWhat the world knows about repairing the injured spinal cord

An intracortical brain-computer interface combined with implanted functional electrical stimulation restores volitional reaching and grasping movements of the paralysed arm after spinal cord injury.

Human · Unknown · Motor function

Evidence state: Insufficient data · Supporting records: 1 · Contradicting records: 0 · Independent groups: 0

The records in this context do not disagree with each other.

What would change the conclusion

  • Binding clause: Too little evidence has been read here for any conclusion to stand. (total evidence mass is below the insufficient-data threshold of 0.3)
  • supporting weight still needed: 0.29175000
  • contradicting weight still needed: 0.29175000

Both sides, record by record

SideResultStudyDocumentSourceVerbatim quote
Supportsfunctional reach-and-grasp task success · n=128363483/abstract:methods · Case report · Uncontrolled · AIS Complete · n=1Restoration of reaching and grasping movements through brain-controlled muscle stimulation in a person with tetraplegia: a proof-of-concept demonstration. · published 2017-05-06PubMedThe licence of this retrieval does not permit showing the text. The locator stands in its place. · abstract:findings

How the evidence changed its mind

Published · retrieved · decided are three different dates and are never merged.

  1. No dataNothing has been recorded here yet. This is not a zero. → Insufficient data · Decided 2026-08-15 19:34:36.537548+00
    Recorded before this system tracked causes — not guessed at now.