"I remember my right hand being able to move with much more ease once the stimulation was applied, and this in turn improved my ability to play the clarinet, which I was delighted with,"
"I'm already experiencing improvements in my ability to walk, and I'm keen to get back in the swimming pool, and on the dance floor to see if my abilities have improved there."
"acting as a sat nav"
Denise Bacon, 65, experienced immediate improvement in finger movements during deep brain stimulation (DBS) at King's College Hospital, enabling her to play the clarinet while awake. She was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2014 and had lost abilities to walk, swim, dance and play the clarinet. The four-hour operation was performed by Professor Keyoumars Ashkan under local anaesthetic so she remained awake. A frame with precise coordinates guided implantation of electrodes through small skull holes, and stimulation produced instant hand improvement and reported gains in walking and hopes to resume swimming and dancing.
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