Neurorehabilitation Research

KEY FINDING: Frequent complications of cervical and high thoracic SCI include neurogenic shock, bradyarrhythmias, hypotension, ectopic beats, abnormal temperature control, and autonomic dysreflexia.

KEY FINDING: Non-invasive brain stimulation techniques like TMS and tDCS, can directly target brain structures to either boost or calm their activity, which helps guide the brain's recovery process.

KEY FINDING: The use of the classical motor imagery (MI) task pair hand vs. feet leads to significantly lower classification accuracy in most users with stroke or SCI.

KEY FINDING: The primary outcome is walking speed, assessed via the 2-min Walk Test. Gait parameters are recorded during training sessions.

KEY FINDING: The stroke perilesional cortex (PLC) demonstrates abnormally increased slow oscillations that also modulated neural firing.

KEY FINDING: EPT values were higher in older males compared with younger males and older females in healthy controls.

KEY FINDING: In animal models, passive cycling modulated spinal reflexes and reduced spasticity.

KEY FINDING: SCI patients had significantly increased ppSEPs compared to healthy controls at the start of the study, indicating higher cortical excitability.

KEY FINDING: Passive exercise (bike) and serotonergic pharmacotherapy (quipazine) are ‘competing’ therapies, as quipazine limits the cortical reorganization induced by bike.

KEY FINDING: The BoMI approach restored symmetry between the left and right sides of the body in participants with spinal cord injuries.