Browse the latest research summaries in the field of neurorehabilitation for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Neuroscientist, 2015 • April 1, 2015
People with incomplete SCI often have motor disabilities due to spasticity and poor muscle control, which can be caused by abnormal spinal reflex activity. Operant conditioning of spinal reflexes can ...
KEY FINDING: Up-conditioning of the soleus H-reflex in rats with SCI strengthened stance and eliminated gait asymmetry.
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2014 • September 24, 2014
The study introduces TagTrainer, an interactive tabletop system that supports therapists in creating and tailoring upper limb rehabilitation exercises for patients with stroke and paraplegia. Therapis...
KEY FINDING: Therapists can successfully create and tailor exercises for patients using TagTrainer, addressing specific individual needs.
Neurorehabil Neural Repair, 2015 • June 1, 2015
This study demonstrates the use of an intracortical BCI for communication by an individual with incomplete locked-in syndrome, achieving typing rates over 10 correct characters per minute. A novel Rad...
KEY FINDING: The participant achieved typing rates over 10 correct characters per minute using the Radial Keyboard.
PM R, 2017 • January 1, 2017
Post-stroke pain is a complicated phenomenon encompassing both nociceptive and neuropathic pain etiologies. It is comprised by a variety of disorders, of which the most common include central post-str...
KEY FINDING: Central post-stroke pain (CPSP) is the most frequent diagnosis among patients with ischemic strokes who experience chronic post-stroke pain, followed by peripheral neuropathic pain, pain due to spasticity, and joint subluxation.
Respir Physiol Neurobiol, 2016 • October 1, 2016
The study investigates the potential of high-frequency spinal cord stimulation (HF-SCS) to restore cough function in individuals with neuromuscular diseases, addressing the limitations of conventional...
KEY FINDING: At any given level of stimulus current below 2mA, airway pressure generation was substantially larger at 500Hz compared to 50Hz.
Neural Regeneration Research, 2014 • October 1, 2014
This study investigated the synergistic effects of olomoucine and GDAsBMP in treating spinal cord injury in rats. A rat model of acute spinal cord contusion was established, and the treatments were ad...
KEY FINDING: Olomoucine effectively inhibited astrocyte proliferation and the formation of scar tissue at the injury site, but did not prevent proliferation of GDAsBMP or inhibit their effects in reducing the spinal cord lesion cavity.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 2015 • April 1, 2015
This study investigated the impact of different intensities of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (a-tDCS) on corticospinal excitability and muscle activation in individuals with chronic s...
KEY FINDING: 2 mA a-tDCS significantly increased MEP amplitude by ~40%, indicating enhanced corticospinal excitability.
Scientific Reports, 2016 • August 11, 2016
This study investigated the effects of long-term training with a multi-stage BMI-based gait neurorehabilitation paradigm on chronic SCI paraplegics. The training paradigm combined virtual reality, enr...
KEY FINDING: All eight patients experienced neurological improvements in somatic sensation in multiple dermatomes.
Int J Phys Med Rehabil, 2016 • August 1, 2016
We provide an overview of rehabilitation in neurological diseases. Neurorehabilitation helps patients to reach and maintain their optimal physical, psychological and intellectual, levels but it does n...
KEY FINDING: Inpatient rehabilitation is more likely prone to have short term effects on the activities and participation of MS patients but not on impairment.
Curr Opin Neurol., 2016 • December 1, 2016
Motivation, sense of responsibility and confidence to practice and exercise in the home can be trained to increase adherence to skills practice and exercise both during and after formal rehabilitation...
KEY FINDING: Persons who need inpatient stroke rehabilitation do little walking 6-12 months later.