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ArticleMethodsX2024

Cortical intermittent theta burst stimulation on gait pathomechanics and urinary tract dysfunction in incomplete spinal cord injury patients: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Rohit Banerjee, Deeksha Patel, Kamran Farooque, Deepak Gupta, Amlesh Seth, Kanwal Preet Kochhar, Bhavuk Garg, Siddharth Jain, Nand Kumar, Suman Jain

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Article in MethodsX, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  1. Comparative efficacy of common rehabilitation treatments for patients with neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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Rohit BanerjeeDepartment of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Deeksha PatelDepartment of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Kamran FarooqueDepartment of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Deepak GuptaDepartment of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Amlesh SethDepartment of Urology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Kanwal Preet KochharDepartment of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Bhavuk GargDepartment of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Siddharth JainDepartment of Urology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Nand KumarDepartment of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Suman JainDepartment of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gait impairment and neurogenic bladder are co-existing common findings in incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI). Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), evident to be a promising strategy adjunct to physical rehabilitation to regain normal ambulation in SCI. However, there is a need to evaluate the role of Intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS), a type of patterned rTMS in restoring gait and neurogenic bladder in SCI patients. The aim of the present study is to quantify the effect of iTBS on spatiotemporal, kinetic, and kinematic parameters of gait and neurogenic bladder dyssynergia in iSCI. After maturing all exclusion and inclusion criteria, thirty iSCI patients will be randomly divided into three groups: Group-A (sham), Group-B (active rTMS) and Group-C (active iTBS). Each group will receive stimulation adjunct to physical rehabilitation for 2 weeks. All patients will undergo gait analysis, as well assessment of bladder, electrophysiological, neurological, functional, and psychosocial parameters. All parameters will be assessed at baseline and 6th week (1st follow-up). Parameters except urodynamics and gait analysis will also be assessed after the end of the 2 weeks of the intervention (post-intervention) and at 12th week (2nd follow-up). Appropriate statistical analysis will be done using various parametric and non-parametric tests based on results.

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Gait analysisIntermittent theta burst stimulationNeurogenic bladderPhysical rehabilitationSpinal cord injuryThis is a Protocol Article of a Randomized Controlled TrialTranscranial magnetic stimulation

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PMCPMC11268124

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