[HTML][HTML] Recovery of neuronal and network excitability after spinal cord injury and implications for spasticity

JM D'amico, EG Condliffe, KJB Martins… - Frontiers in integrative …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The state of areflexia and muscle weakness that immediately follows a spinal cord injury
(SCI) is gradually replaced by the recovery of neuronal and network excitability, leading to …

[PDF][PDF] Muscle spindle feedback directs locomotor recovery and circuit reorganization after spinal cord injury

A Takeoka, I Vollenweider, G Courtine, S Arber - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Spinal cord injuries alter motor function by disconnecting neural circuits above and below
the lesion, rendering sensory inputs a primary source of direct external drive to neuronal …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of robotic-assisted gait training in patients with incomplete spinal cord injury

JC Shin, JY Kim, HK Park, NY Kim - Annals of rehabilitation …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective To determine the effect of robotic-assisted gait training (RAGT) compared to
conventional overground training. Methods Sixty patients with motor incomplete spinal cord …

Locomotor training alters the behavior of flexor reflexes during walking in human spinal cord injury

AC Smith, CK Mummidisetty… - Journal of …, 2014 - journals.physiology.org
In humans, a chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) impairs the excitability of pathways mediating
early flexor reflexes and increases the excitability of late, long-lasting flexor reflexes. We …