PARKINSON'S TREATMENT SUCCEEDS BEYOND RESEARCHERS' WILDEST DREAMS.

[jimcaster]

Encouraging research from Canada. Previously housebound patients are now able to walk more freely as a result of electrical stimulation to their spines.

bbc.co.uk/news/health-47803496

[PDConscience]

Far too vague on particulars to be taken seriously. ‘Implant’, ‘electrical stimulation’ - sounds kind of like DBS.

[WinnieThePoo in reply to PDConscience]

There is reasonable details that it involves spinal column stimulation and hence is nothing like DBS. Both Parkinson's UK and the BBC are responsible organisations.

parkinsons.org.uk/news/expe...

[PDConscience in reply to WinnieThePoo]

BBC is a "responsible organization" - hence - the "reasonable details" merit the bombastic "results beyond the researchers' wildest dreams" caption(?). Hardly.

[jimcaster in reply to PDConscience]

I appreciate your healthy skepticism, but if you read the article, you'll see that the "success beyond my wildest dreams" is not a bombastic caption. It's a direct quote from the lead researcher, Professor Mandar Jog.

[PDConscience in reply to jimcaster]

Right... I guess time will tell whether such enthusiasm translates to reality, or is just another case of research bias/puffery.

[jimcaster in reply to PDConscience]

Agreed.

[scfpt]

The Science of Parkinson’s discussed the history and progress of spinal cord stimulation back in February of 2018 (“Spine-Tingling Research”). In that discussion Simon referenced a pilot study that had been completed in London, Ontario (my guess it was the one this BBC snippet was referring to?) and mentioned this Canadian group were currently completing a larger scale (phase I/II study with 25 human subjects), but results of this study weren’t due out until 2020.

[jimcaster in reply to scfpt]

I think this is that same study. 😊