Phrenic nerve pacing (PNP) is a clinically useful technique to restore inspiratory muscle
function in patients with respiratory failure secondary to cervical spinal cord injury. In this …

Respiratory complications are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with
spinal cord injury. Several techniques, currently available or in development, have the …

DiMarco AF, Takaoka Y, Kowalski KE. Combined intercostal and diaphragm pacing to
provide artificial ventilation in patients with tetraplegia. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2005; 86 …

Diaphragm pacing is a clinically useful modality providing artificial ventilatory support in
patients with ventilator dependent spinal cord injury. Since this technique is successful in …

A complex propriospinal network is synaptically coupled to phrenic and intercostal
motoneurons, and this makes it difficult to predict how gray matter intraspinal …

Background/Objective: A significant fraction of patients with cervical spinal cord injury suffer
from respiratory muscle paralysis and dependence on chronic mechanical ventilation. In …

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a complex and devastating condition characterized by disruption
of descending, ascending, and intrinsic spinal circuitry resulting in chronic neurologic …

Introduction Limb muscle wasting is one of main systemic manifestation of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the change of respiratory muscle is …

Moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a chronic health condition with multi-
systemic effects. Survivors face significant long-term functional limitations, including physical …

High frequency spinal cord stimulation (HF-SCS) is a novel and more physiologic method of
inspiratory muscle activation which involves stimulation of spinal cord pathways. In the …