Changes: Motor assist band

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Motor assist bands were 24th century pieces of medical equipment. They were small, rectangular devices attached to a strap and designed to be wrapped around a humanoid limb.

They were designed to create electrical impulses in damaged tissue, or route weak nervous signals around nonfunctional tissue. Although they were very sophisticated devices, it could take several days and even weeks to master their use and even then, patients rarely recovered one hundred percent of their mobility.

The motor assist bands were also used to train the nervous system of a patient before surgery to implant neural transducers.

The Zalkonian named John Doe used motor assist bands during his rehabilitation in late 2366. He had much success with the bands due to his extraordinary physiology. (TNG: "Transfigurations") Lieutenant Worf also used the bands following his spinal injury in 2368, but he had little patience for learning how to use them. He contemplated suicide before turning to the risky genitronic replicator as treatment. (TNG: "Ethics")

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-[[File:Motor assist band.jpg|thumb|A Motor assist band]]
+[[File:Motor assist band.jpg|thumb|A motor assist band]]
-'''Motor assist bands''' are [[24th century]] pieces of [[medicine|medical]] [[medical equipment|equipment]].  They are small, rectangular devices attached to a strap, designed to be wrapped around a [[humanoid]] limb.
+'''Motor assist bands''' were [[24th century]] pieces of [[medicine|medical]] [[medical equipment|equipment]]. They were small, rectangular devices attached to a strap and designed to be wrapped around a [[humanoid]] limb.
-They are designed to create [[electricity|electrical]] impulses in damaged tissue, or route weak [[nervous system|nervous]] signals around nonfunctional tissue.  Although they are very sophisticated devices, it may take several [[day]]s and even [[week]]s to master their use and even then, patients rarely recover one hundred percent of their mobility.
+They were designed to create [[electricity|electrical]] impulses in damaged tissue, or route weak [[nervous system|nervous]] signals around nonfunctional tissue.  Although they were very sophisticated devices, it could take several [[day]]s and even [[week]]s to master their use and even then, patients rarely recovered one hundred percent of their mobility.
-The motor assist bands are also used to train the nervous system of a patient before [[surgery]] to implant [[neural transducer]]s.
+The motor assist bands were also used to train the nervous system of a patient before [[surgery]] to implant [[neural transducer]]s.
-The [[Zalkonian]] named [[John Doe]] used motor assist bands during his rehabilitation in late [[2366]].  He had much success with the bands due to his extraordinary [[physiology]].  ({{TNG|Transfigurations}})  [[Lieutenant]] [[Worf]] also used the bands following his [[spine|spinal]] injury in [[2368]], but he had little patience for learning how to use them.  He contemplated [[Hegh'bat|suicide]] before turning to the risky [[genitronic replicator]] as treatment.  ({{TNG|Ethics}})
+The [[Zalkonian]] named [[John Doe]] used motor assist bands during his rehabilitation in late [[2366]].  He had much success with the bands due to his extraordinary [[physiology]].  ({{TNG|Transfigurations}}) [[Lieutenant]] [[Worf]] also used the bands following his [[spine|spinal]] injury in [[2368]], but he had little patience for learning how to use them.  He contemplated [[Hegh'bat|suicide]] before turning to the risky [[genitronic replicator]] as treatment.  ({{TNG|Ethics}})
 [[Category:Medical equipment]]