Natural and targeted circuit reorganization after spinal cord injury

MA Anderson, JW Squair, M Gautier, TH Hutson… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
A spinal cord injury disrupts communication between the brain and the circuits in the spinal
cord that regulate neurological functions. The consequences are permanent paralysis, loss …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic complications of spinal cord injury

N Sezer, S Akkuş, FG Uğurlu - World journal of orthopedics, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a serious medical condition that causes functional, psychological
and socioeconomic disorder. Therefore, patients with SCI experience significant …

Muscle tone physiology and abnormalities

J Ganguly, D Kulshreshtha, M Almotiri, M Jog - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
The simple definition of tone as the resistance to passive stretch is physiologically a complex
interlaced network encompassing neural circuits in the brain, spinal cord, and muscle …

The promise of mHealth: daily activity monitoring and outcome assessments by wearable sensors

BH Dobkin, A Dorsch - Neurorehabilitation and neural repair, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Mobile health tools that enable clinicians and researchers to monitor the type, quantity, and
quality of everyday activities of patients and trial participants have long been needed to …

Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation induces temporary attenuation of spasticity in individuals with spinal cord injury

US Hofstoetter, B Freundl, SM Danner… - Journal of …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Epidural spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is currently regarded as a breakthrough procedure for
enabling movement after spinal cord injury (SCI), yet one of its original applications was for …

Modification of spasticity by transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation in individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury

US Hofstoetter, WB McKay, KE Tansey… - The journal of spinal …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Context/objective To examine the effects of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) on
lower-limb spasticity. Design Interventional pilot study to produce preliminary data. Setting …

The embodiment of assistive devices—from wheelchair to exoskeleton

M Pazzaglia, M Molinari - Physics of life reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Spinal cord injuries (SCIs) place a heavy burden on the healthcare system and have a high
personal impact and marked socio-economic consequences. Clinically, no absolute cure for …

Exercise-induced plasticity in signaling pathways involved in motor recovery after spinal cord injury

JN Bilchak, G Caron, MP Côté - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to numerous chronic and debilitating functional deficits that
greatly affect quality of life. While many pharmacological interventions have been explored …

Comparison of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and functional electrical stimulation (FES) for spasticity in spinal cord injury-A pilot randomized …

A Sivaramakrishnan, JM Solomon… - The journal of spinal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Spasticity following spinal cord injury (SCI) can impair function and affect quality
of life. This study compared the effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) …

Trans-spinal electrical stimulation therapy for functional rehabilitation after spinal cord injury

MA Rahman, NS Tharu, SM Gustin, YP Zheng… - Journal of clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the most debilitating injuries in the world. Complications
after SCI, such as respiratory issues, bowel/bladder incontinency, pressure ulcers …