Neuromodulation Training for Upper Extremity Recovery for Chronic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
Kessler Foundation
Summary
This study is to understand how the combination of activity-based recovery training and targeted spinal cord transcutaneous stimulation (scTS) can improve participants' ability to use their hand, arms, and core.
Description
This study is to understand how the combination of activity-based recovery training and targeted spinal cord transcutaneous stimulation (scTS) can improve participants' ability to use their hand, arms, and core. Activity-based recovery training aims to advance independence without the use of assistive devices. Spinal cord transcutaneous stimulation is an electrical stimulation that is provided on top of the skin over specific areas of the spinal cord to activate the circuitry for the activity that is being trained and reconnect with pathways between the brain and spinal cord. i) Physical eval…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years of age. * spinal cord injury for greater than or equal to 6 months. * spinal cord injury at a cervical neurologic level of injury. Exclusion Criteria: * ventilator dependent. * history of fractures. * pressure sore or skin issues. * history of illicit drug abuse. * history of cardiac, respiratory, bladder, renal or other medical disorder unrelated to spinal cord injury. * bladder Botox injections less than 12 months prior. * muscle Botox injections less than 12 months prior. * colostomy bag or urostomy. * implanted pump (i.e., baclofen pump, pain pump, etc). *…
Interventions
- Otherupper extremity stimulation
transcutaneous stimulation of the upper extremities
Location
- Kessler FoundationWest Orange, New Jersey