locko motor training and rod had 180 sessions of loko motorive training, he was able to walk distances up to 400 feet with a walker when he had no voluntary movement of his legs previously. >> that's incredible. >> very exciting. >> this is the area of the spinal cord that deals with the lower extremities. how about the arms? >> two of the patients implanned have quadripledgia and their injury was higher, into the neck area. the nerves that control the arms are high in the neg. we haven't really seen much voluntary movement in the neck area because really what we are targetting is the lower portion of the cord at this time. interestingly, the two patients who had neck injuries do have - one has significant hand function and arm function, and really appears as kun who has par -- someone who has par pledgia, not quadripleegeia and the other has hand function. >> christopher and dana reeve foundation was instrumental in the project. how optimistic are you that a mission of the foundation that paralysis no longer be a life-time sentence will become a reality? >> i fully believe that with t

we went back and started a course of activity based therapy, locko motor training on a treadmill. he had 180 sessions. by the end of the training he could walk distances of 400 feetway walker, when he had no voluntary movement of his legs previously. >> that's incredible. >> exciting. >> this is the area of the spinal cord that deals with the lower extremities. two of the patients that have been implanted have quadripledgia, meaning their injury was higher into the neck area. a nurse that controls the arms are high. we haven't seen much voluntary movement in the neck area, but what we are targetting is the lower portion of the cord at the time. interestingly the two patients have neck industry and appears as someone who has par pledgia. the other has head functioning. >> christopher is instrumental in the project. how optimistic are you that paralysis no longer be a life-time sentence. >> i believe with time, paralysis will not be a lifetime reality. >> i believe it will be a comment playing a role and there'll be many factors playing a role. it will include therapies, activity ba