Spinal Cord Injury Research

KEY FINDING: Neuropathic pain decreased immediately post-exercise for both tetraplegics (−60%) and paraplegics (−16%).

KEY FINDING: A situation analysis revealed that 41 assessments were irregularly performed during initial rehabilitation after newly acquired SCI.

KEY FINDING: Individuals with iSCI can maintain lateral stability during straight walking at faster speeds, even in challenging environments.

KEY FINDING: Force sensitive resistors (FSRs) can effectively detect the point of contact and duration of forces applied by clinicians during dynamic rehabilitation with EES.

KEY FINDING: TSCS, both in single sessions and repeated applications, is associated with improved standing postural control, gait kinematics, and upper extremity function.

KEY FINDING: Electrical stimulation delivered concomitantly to the performance of sensorimotor rehabilitation, spinal neuromodulation can be understood as an extended rehabilitation tool, increasing the spinal circuit’s excitability to enable the execution of movement.

KEY FINDING: Participants experienced significant changes to their mobility and daily routines, including challenges with grocery shopping, travel, and access to healthcare.

KEY FINDING: Post-program patient satisfaction overall increased from 83.1% to 90%.

KEY FINDING: Both the soleus H and soleus PRM reflex amplitudes were higher relative to the non-injured group and modulated less during the step cycle in SCI subjects.

KEY FINDING: From 2017 to 2019, annual TL increased from 414 to 604 h and demonstrated a shift in TID from 77-17-6% to 88-8-4%.