Spinal control of locomotion: individual neurons, their circuits and functions

MP Côté, LM Murray, M Knikou - Frontiers in physiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Systematic research on the physiological and anatomical characteristics of spinal cord
interneurons along with their functional output has evolved for more than one century …

[PDF][PDF] Understanding spatial and temporal gait asymmetries in individuals post stroke

S Lauziere, M Betschart, R Aissaoui, S Nadeau - Int J Phys Med Rehabil, 2014 - Citeseer
Gait asymmetry in spatial and temporal parameters and its impacts on functional activities
have always raised many interesting questions in research and rehabilitation. The aim of …

Corticospinal-motor neuronal plasticity promotes exercise-mediated recovery in humans with spinal cord injury

HJ Jo, MA Perez - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Rehabilitative exercise in humans with spinal cord injury aims to engage residual neural
networks to improve functional recovery. We hypothesized that exercise combined with non …

Activity-dependent increase in neurotrophic factors is associated with an enhanced modulation of spinal reflexes after spinal cord injury

MP Côté, GA Azzam, MA Lemay, V Zhukareva… - Journal of …, 2011 - liebertpub.com
Activity-based therapies such as passive bicycling and step-training on a treadmill contribute
to motor recovery after spinal cord injury (SCI), leading to a greater number of steps …

Spinal rhythm generation by step-induced feedback and transcutaneous posterior root stimulation in complete spinal cord–injured individuals

K Minassian, US Hofstoetter… - … and neural repair, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. The human lumbosacral spinal circuitry can generate rhythmic motor output in
response to different types of inputs after motor-complete spinal cord injury. Objective. To …

HAL® exoskeleton training improves walking parameters and normalizes cortical excitability in primary somatosensory cortex in spinal cord injury patients

M Sczesny-Kaiser, O Höffken, M Aach… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2015 - Springer
Background Reorganization in the sensorimotor cortex accompanied by increased
excitability and enlarged body representations is a consequence of spinal cord injury (SCI) …

A review on locomotor training after spinal cord injury: reorganization of spinal neuronal circuits and recovery of motor function

AC Smith, M Knikou - Neural plasticity, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Locomotor training is a classic rehabilitation approach utilized with the aim of improving
sensorimotor function and walking ability in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Recent …

Rectus femoris hyperreflexia contributes to Stiff-Knee gait after stroke

T Akbas, K Kim, K Doyle, K Manella, R Lee… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Stiff-Knee gait (SKG) after stroke is often accompanied by decreased
knee flexion angle during the swing phase. The decreased knee flexion has been …

Modulation of soleus H reflex by spinal DC stimulation in humans

JC Lamy, C Ho, A Badel, RT Arrigo… - Journal of …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) of the human motor cortex induces changes in
excitability within cortical and spinal circuits that occur during and after the stimulation …

Repeated transspinal stimulation decreases soleus H-reflex excitability and restores spinal inhibition in human spinal cord injury

M Knikou, LM Murray - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Transcutaneous spinal cord or transspinal stimulation over the thoracolumbar enlargement,
the spinal location of motoneurons innervating leg muscles, modulates neural circuits …