The Impact of Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation on Autonomic Regulation after Spinal Cord Injury: A randomized crossover trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) have significant autonomic nervous system dysfunction. However, despite recent findings postulated to support that spinal cord stimulation improves dynamic autonomic regulation, limited scope of previous testing means the true effects remain unknown.

Objective

To determine whether transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation improves dynamic autonomic regulation after SCI.

Design

Single-blinded, randomized crossover trial with matched cohorts.

Setting

Academic autonomic physiology laboratory.

Participants

Two pairs of well-matched individuals with and without high-thoracic, complete SCI.

Interventions

Sub-motor threshold transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation delivered at T10-T11 using 120Hz, 30Hz, an

SUBMITTER: Solinsky R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10371174 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature