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Split-belt Treadmill as Therapy for Brain-injured Patients

CNN has an interesting article about a split-belt treadmill that is being used for stroke survivors and other people with brain injuries.

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The treadmill’s two belts can move independently and even in opposite directions. Doctors and researchers are trying to find any underlying intact neural circuitry by providing unique motor challenges to brain injury patients.

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