HEBER CITY, Utah (AP) — A Heber City man who was paralyzed from the chest down five years ago in a car crash is standing up again two years after getting an experimental implant that stimulates his spinal cord.

KSL-TV reports that Dustin Shillcox is one of six people to take part of part in clinical test by researchers at the University of Louisville. A surgeon implanted a box in his stomach that is connected with a wire to an epidural stimulator on his spinal cord that unleashes electrical charge.

Claudia Angeli of the University of Louisville said it helps the spinal cord remember what it did before the injury. Stillcox can stand up from his wheelchair by grabbing ahold of his walker. He's working on being able to stand alone, and hopes to walk again someday.

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