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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020

The Effects of Adding Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation (tSCS) to Sit-To-Stand Training in People with Spinal Cord Injury: A Pilot Study.

Yazi Al'joboori, Sarah J Massey, Sarah L Knight, Nick de N Donaldson, Lynsey D Duffell

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yazi Al'jobooriDepartment of Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, UCL, London WC1E 6BT, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0902-196X
Sarah J MasseyAspire CREATe, UCL, Stanmore HA7 4LP, UK.
Sarah L KnightLondon Spinal Cord Injury Centre, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore HA7 4LP, UK.
Nick de N DonaldsonDepartment of Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, UCL, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Lynsey D DuffellDepartment of Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, UCL, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
University College London · GBRoyal National Orthopaedic Hospital · GB

Funding

Inspire Foundation N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal cord stimulation may enable recovery of volitional motor control in people with chronic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). In this study we explored the effects of adding SCS, applied transcutaneously (tSCS) at vertebral levels T10/11, to a sit-to-stand training intervention in people with motor complete and incomplete SCI. Nine people with chronic SCI (six motor complete; three motor incomplete) participated in an 8-week intervention, incorporating three training sessions per week. Participants received either tSCS combined with sit-to-stand training (STIM) or sit-to-stand training alone (NON-STIM). Outcome measures were carried out before and after the intervention. Seven participants completed the intervention (STIM N = 5; NON-STIM N = 2). Post training, improvements in International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI) motor scores were noted in three STIM participants (range 1.0-7.0), with no change in NON-STIM participants. Recovery of volitional lower limb muscle activity and/or movement (with tSCS off) was noted in three STIM participants. Unassisted standing was not achieved in any participant, although standing with minimal assistance was achieved in one STIM participant. This pilot study has shown that the recruitment of participants, intervention and outcome measures were all feasible in this study design. However, some modifications are recommended for a larger trial.

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humanneuromodulationneurorehabilitationnon-invasivespinal cord injurytranscutaneous spinal cord stimulation

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PMID32858977
PMCPMC7565331
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