Rehabilitation technologies and interventions for individuals with spinal cord injury: translational potential of current trends.

ABSTRACT: In the past, neurorehabilitation for individuals with neurological damage, such as spinal cord injury (SCI), was focused on learning compensatory movements to regain function. Presently, the focus of neurorehabilitation has shifted to functional neurorecovery, or the restoration of function through repetitive movement training of the affected limbs. Technologies, such as robotic devices and electrical stimulation, are being developed to facilitate repetitive motor training; however, their implementation into mainstream clinical practice has not been realized. In this commentary, we examined how current SCI rehabilitation research aligns with the potential for clinical implementation. We completed an environmental scan of studies in progress that investigate a physical intervention promotin

SUBMITTER: Musselman KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5956557 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature