A Review of Functional Restoration From Spinal Cord Stimulation in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury.

ABSTRACT: Traumatic spinal cord injury often leads to loss of sensory, motor, and autonomic function below the level of injury. Recent advancements in spinal cord electrical stimulation (SCS) for spinal cord injury have provided potential avenues for restoration of neurologic function in affected patients. This review aims to assess the efficacy of spinal cord stimulation, both epidural (eSCS) and transcutaneous (tSCS), on the return of function in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury. The current literature on human clinical eSCS and tSCS for spinal cord injury was reviewed. Seventy-one relevant studies were included for review, specifically examining changes in volitional movement, changes in muscle activity or spasticity, or return of cardiovascular pulmonary, or genitourinary autonomic fu

SUBMITTER: Lin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9537842 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature