[HTML][HTML] The role of electrical stimulation for rehabilitation and regeneration after spinal cord injury

BA Karamian, N Siegel, B Nourie, MD Serruya… - Journal of Orthopaedics …, 2022 - Springer
Electrical stimulation is used to elicit muscle contraction and can be utilized for
neurorehabilitation following spinal cord injury when paired with voluntary motor training …

Epidural spinal cord stimulation as an intervention for motor recovery after motor complete spinal cord injury

JT Hachmann, A Yousak, JJ Wallner… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Spinal cord injury (SCI) commonly results in permanent loss of motor, sensory, and
autonomic function. Recent clinical studies have shown that epidural spinal cord stimulation …

Epidural stimulation of the cervical spinal cord for post-stroke upper-limb paresis

MP Powell, N Verma, E Sorensen, E Carranza… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Cerebral strokes can disrupt descending commands from motor cortical areas to the spinal
cord, which can result in permanent motor deficits of the arm and hand. However, below the …

Epidural electrical stimulation of the cervical dorsal roots restores voluntary upper limb control in paralyzed monkeys

B Barra, S Conti, MG Perich, K Zhuang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Regaining arm control is a top priority for people with paralysis. Unfortunately, the
complexity of the neural mechanisms underlying arm control has limited the effectiveness of …

[HTML][HTML] Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation and motor responses in individuals with spinal cord injury: A methodological review

C Taylor, C McHugh, D Mockler, C Minogue… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) is a non-invasive modality in
which electrodes can stimulate spinal circuitries and facilitate a motor response. This review …

[HTML][HTML] Non-invasive spinal cord electrical stimulation for arm and hand function in chronic tetraplegia: a safety and efficacy trial

C Moritz, EC Field-Fote, C Tefertiller, I van Nes… - Nature medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to permanent impairment of arm and hand functions.
Here we conducted a prospective, single-arm, multicenter, open-label, non-significant risk …

Recent progress and challenges in the treatment of spinal cord injury

T Tian, S Zhang, M Yang - Protein & cell, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) disrupts the structural and functional connectivity between the higher
center and the spinal cord, resulting in severe motor, sensory, and autonomic dysfunction …

Multisite transcutaneous spinal stimulation for walking and autonomic recovery in motor-incomplete tetraplegia: a single-subject design

S Samejima, CD Caskey, F Inanici… - Physical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Objective This study investigated the effect of cervical and lumbar transcutaneous spinal
cord stimulation (tSCS) combined with intensive training to improve walking and autonomic …

[HTML][HTML] Combined transcutaneous electrical spinal cord stimulation and task-specific rehabilitation improves trunk and sitting functions in people with chronic …

NS Tharu, M Alam, YT Ling, AYL Wong, YP Zheng - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of transcutaneous electrical spinal cord
stimulation (TSCS) and conventional task-specific rehabilitation (TSR) on trunk control and …

Activity-dependent plasticity and spinal cord stimulation for motor recovery following spinal cord injury

S Samejima, R Henderson, J Pradarelli… - Experimental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Spinal cord injuries lead to permanent physical impairment despite most often being
anatomically incomplete disruptions of the spinal cord. Remaining connections between the …