SynthesisThe journal of spinal cord medicine2023
Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation effects on spasticity in patients with spinal cord injury: A systematic review.
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- Effectiveness of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation for lower limb rehabilitation in spinal cord injury: a systematic review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Pooled it
- Modulations in neural pathways excitability post transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation among individuals with spinal cord injury: a systematic review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Pooled it
- Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation combined with robotic-assisted body weight-supported treadmill training enhances motor score and gait recovery in incomplete spinal cord injury: a double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Trial
- Case Report: Efficacy of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation combined with overground robotic-assisted gait training in chronic incomplete spinal cord injury.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- Biologically-constrained spiking neural network for neuromodulation in locomotor recovery after spinal cord injury.PLoS computational biology · 2026Article
- New Developments in the Surgery for Spasticity.Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery · 2025Review
- Toward a better understanding and terminology of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation techniques.Spinal cord · 2024Article
- Targeting Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation Using a Supervised Machine Learning Approach Based on Mechanomyography.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Spasticity Management after Spinal Cord Injury: The Here and Now.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Short-term effect of Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation in patients with multiple sclerosis: a randomized sham-controlled crossover study.Frontiers in neurologyArticle
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Abstract
contextSpasticity is one of the most prevalent impairments following spinal cord injury (SCI). It can lead to a decrease in the patient's functional level. Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) has demonstrated motor function improvements following SCI. No systematic reviews were published examining the influences of tSCS on spasticity post-SCI.
objectivesThis review aimed to investigate the effects of tSCS on spasticity in patients with SCI.
methodsPubMed, SCOPUS, PEDro, CINAHL, MEDLINE, REHABDATA, AMED, and Web of Science databases were searched until June 2021. The Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale was used to assess the methodological quality of the selected studies.
resultsSix studies met the inclusion criteria. Five studies were pilot studies, and one was a case series. The scores on the PEDro scale ranged from two to four, with a median score of four. The results showed heterogenous evidence for the effects of tSCS on spasticity reduction post-SCI.
conclusionsTSCS appears safe and well-tolerated intervention in patients with SCI. The evidence for the effectiveness of tSCS on spasticity in chronic SCI patients is limited. Further randomized controlled studies are strongly needed to study the effects of tSCS on patients with SCI.
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