John W. McDonald. M.D., Ph.D., director of the Spinal Cord Injury Program, and Maurice Terry, a patient with a spinal cord injury, demonstrate to Sen. Jim Talent how a functional electrical stimulation bicycle works. The bike enables paralyzed people to benefit from physical exercise and improve their overall strength and health. Talent has a close friend with a spinal cord injury and recently visited the School of Medicine to learn more about medical research.
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