Browse the latest research summaries in the field of neurorehabilitation for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Animals, 2023 • March 25, 2023
This study investigated the prevalence of clinical occurrences in dogs undergoing neurorehabilitation for severe spinal cord injuries. The study found a high prevalence of clinical occurrences, with n...
KEY FINDING: A significant association was found between neuroanatomical localization and clinical occurrences, with 85% of occurrences in dogs with thoracolumbar localization.
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2023 • March 30, 2023
This systematic review assessed user satisfaction with overground gait exoskeletons in individuals with neurological pathologies such as stroke, spinal cord injury (SCI), and multiple sclerosis (MS). ...
KEY FINDING: Users generally reported positive satisfaction with overground exoskeletons in terms of safety, efficacy, and comfort.
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2023 • May 16, 2023
This study investigates the impact of epidural spinal cord stimulation (eSCS) on neuromuscular control in individuals with motor and sensory complete spinal cord injury (SCI). It analyzes changes in m...
KEY FINDING: Epidural stimulation immediately reduces the complexity of muscle activity in SCI participants, bringing it closer to the complexity levels seen in healthy controls.
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 • April 17, 2023
This paper introduces a sequential learning model incorporating a Graph Isomorphic Network (GIN) that processes a sequence of graph-structured data derived from EEG and EMG signals for stroke rehabili...
KEY FINDING: The proposed GIN-based model achieved a classification accuracy of 88.89% on an EEG-EMG synchronized dataset for push and pull movements.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2023 • July 1, 2023
This study aimed to determine which exercises maximally activate the serratus anterior (SA) and lower trapezius (LT) muscles while minimizing the upper trapezius (UT) activation in individuals with pa...
KEY FINDING: SA punch produced the greatest SA activation and lowest UT:SA ratio.
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2023 • June 11, 2023
This study investigated corticomuscular coupling during Wheelchair Tai Chi (WCTC) in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients, comparing it with aerobic exercise (AE) and healthy controls (HCs). The results ...
KEY FINDING: SCI patients showed changes in brain connectivity and increased muscle activation compared to healthy controls, suggesting they need more effort to perform the same tasks.
J Neural Eng, 2023 • September 6, 2023
This study investigated whether muscle recruitment selectivity of individual muscles could be enhanced by multielectrode configurations of tSCS in neurologically intact individuals. Analysis of recrui...
KEY FINDING: Multielectrode configurations of tSCS can improve the rostrocaudal and lateral selectivity of muscle recruitment compared to conventional tSCS.
Bioengineering, 2023 • June 8, 2023
This study investigated the effects of applying frontal plane pelvic forces using a mobile Tethered Pelvic Assist Device (mTPAD) on the gait of stroke survivors. The results showed that applying a lat...
KEY FINDING: Applying a lateral force to the pelvis during the affected stance phase significantly improved the lateral symmetry of the center of pressure (COP) trajectory.
Brain Sci., 2023 • June 13, 2023
This study investigated the effects of semi-immersive virtual reality (VR) cognitive training on global functional recovery in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). The results suggest that SCI pati...
KEY FINDING: Patients undergoing VR training sessions showed improvements in both cognitive functioning (MoCA) and mood (BDI) outcomes, as well as quality of life and perceived physical functioning (SF-12).
Front. Rehabil. Sci., 2023 • June 29, 2023
Neurorehabilitation is enhanced by targeting beneficial plasticity in the central nervous system (CNS). Skilled behaviors are maintained by distributed networks called heksors, and rehabilitation aims ...
KEY FINDING: Operant down-conditioning of the soleus H-reflex in people with spinal cord injury resulted in faster and more symmetrical walking, with improvements in EMG activity and reports of enhanced daily walking abilities.