Motor rehabilitation after stroke, traumatic brain, and spinal cord injury: common denominators within recent clinical trials

BH Dobkin - Current opinion in neurology, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Investigators should consider working across disease platforms to develop and test the most
optimal methods for training patients, the most practical trial designs, the best dose …

Polysialic acid glycomimetic promotes functional recovery and plasticity after spinal cord injury in mice

A Mehanna, I Jakovcevski, A Acar, M Xiao, G Loers… - Molecular Therapy, 2010 - cell.com
Regeneration after injury of the central nervous system is poor due to the abundance of
molecules inhibiting axonal growth. Here we pursued to promote regeneration after thoracic …

Overview of systematic reviews of aerobic fitness and muscle strength training after spinal cord injury

AC Eitivipart, CQ de Oliveira, M Arora… - Journal of …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
The number of systematic reviews on the effects of exercise on aerobic fitness and muscle
strength in people with spinal cord injury (SCI) has recently increased. However, the results …

Feasibility of wearable sensing for in-home finger rehabilitation early after stroke

Q Sanders, V Chan, R Augsburger… - … on Neural Systems …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wearable grip sensing shows potential for hand rehabilitation, but few studies have studied
feasibility early after stroke. Here, we studied a wearable grip sensor integrated with a …

Spinal cord injury and physical activity: preservation of the body

MP Galea - Spinal cord, 2012 - nature.com
Setting: Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes devastating loss of function and can result in serious
secondary complications. Although significant advances are being made to develop cellular …

When the whole is greater than the sum of its parts: a scoping review of activity-based therapy paired with spinal cord stimulation following spinal cord injury

C Shackleton, D Hodgkiss… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in both motor and autonomic impairments, which can
negatively affect independence and quality of life and increase morbidity and mortality …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of combined upper limb robotic therapy in patients with tetraplegic spinal cord injury

JH Jung, HJ Lee, DY Cho, JE Lim… - Annals of …, 2019 - synapse.koreamed.org
Objective To confirm the effects of combined upper limb robotic therapy (RT) as compared to
conventional occupational therapy (OT) in tetraplegic spinal cord injury (SCI) patients and to …

Machine-based, self-guided home therapy for individuals with severe arm impairment after stroke: a randomized controlled trial

DK Zondervan, R Augsburger… - … and neural repair, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. Few therapeutic options exist for the millions of persons living with severe arm
impairment after stroke to increase their dose of arm rehabilitation. This study compared self …

Preservation of functional descending input to paralyzed upper extremity muscles in motor complete cervical spinal cord injury

P Sharma, A Naglah, S Aslan, F Khalifa, A El-Baz… - Clinical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Spinal cord injury (SCI) is classified as complete or incomplete depending on the
extent of sensorimotor preservation below the injury level. However, individuals with …

Improved grasp function with transcranial direct current stimulation in chronic spinal cord injury

M Cortes, AH Medeiros, A Gandhi, P Lee… - …, 2017 - content.iospress.com
BACKGROUND: Recovering hand function has important implications for improving
independence of patients with tetraplegia after traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) …