Central excitability contributes to supramaximal volitional contractions in human incomplete spinal cord injury

CK Thompson, MD Lewek, A Jayaraman… - The Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐technical summary Individuals with a motor incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI) present
clinically with partial control of muscles below the site of the injury, but experience profound …

Strategies to augment volitional and reflex function may improve locomotor capacity following incomplete spinal cord injury

KA Leech, HE Kim, TG Hornby - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
Many studies highlight the remarkable plasticity demonstrated by spinal circuits following an
incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI). Such plasticity can contribute to improvements in …

Repeated maximal volitional effort contractions in human spinal cord injury: initial torque increases and reduced fatigue

TG Hornby, MD Lewek… - … and neural repair, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. Substantial data indicate greater muscle fatigue in individuals with spinal cord
injury (SCI) compared with healthy control subjects when tested by using electrical …

Incomplete spinal cord injury: neuronal mechanisms of motor recovery and hyperreflexia

JW Little, JF Ditunno Jr, SA Stiens, RM Harris - Archives of physical …, 1999 - Elsevier
Objective: To understand neuronal mechanisms of motor recovery and hyperreflexia after
incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI), and their role in rehabilitation. Design: Reviewed and …

Short-term maximal-intensity resistance training increases volitional function and strength in chronic incomplete spinal cord injury: a pilot study

A Jayaraman, CK Thompson, WZ Rymer… - Journal of Neurologic …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Background and Purpose: Recent research shows that individuals with an incomplete spinal
cord injury (SCI) have a reserve of force-generating capability that is observable during …

[HTML][HTML] Lower extremity skeletal muscle function in persons with incomplete spinal cord injury

A Jayaraman, CM Gregory, M Bowden, JE Stevens… - Spinal cord, 2006 - nature.com
Study design: A cross-sectional study design. Objectives: To characterize and specifically
quantify impairments in muscle function after chronic incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI) …

[HTML][HTML] Self-sustained motor activity triggered by interlimb reflexes in chronic spinal cord injury, evidence of functional ascending propriospinal pathways

PA McNulty, D Burke - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The loss or reduction of supraspinal inputs after spinal cord injury provides a unique
opportunity to examine the plasticity of neural pathways within the spinal cord. In a series of …

Depression and recovery of reflex amplitude during electrical stimulation after spinal cord injury

JM Clair-Auger, O Lagerquist, DF Collins - Clinical Neurophysiology, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to quantify, for the first time, H-reflexes evoked during
prolonged trains of wide-pulse neuromuscular electrical stimulation (WP-NMES) in …

Muscle activation varies with contraction mode in human spinal cord injury

HE Kim, CK Thompson, TG Hornby - Muscle & nerve, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction: To better understand volitional force generation after chronic incomplete spinal
cord injury (SCI), we examined muscle activation during single and repeated isometric …

Upper limb effort does not increase maximal voluntary muscle activation in individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury

HJ Huang, DP Ferris - Clinical neurophysiology, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of upper limb effort on maximal lower limb muscle
activation in individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury. METHODS: Fifteen individuals …