Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39098854›Full record

ArticleSpinal cord series and cases2024

Restoring initial steps by intermittent theta burst stimulation in complete spinal cord injury patient: a case report.

Deeksha Patel, Rohit Banerjee, Kamran Farooque, Deepak Gupta, Bhavuk Garg, Nand Kumar, Gita H Thukral, Kanwal Preet Kochhar, Suman Jain

Abstract readCase Reports
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Spinal cord series and cases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Deeksha PatelBrain Stimulation and Neuromodulation Laboratory, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, 110029, India.
Rohit BanerjeeBrain Stimulation and Neuromodulation Laboratory, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, 110029, India.
Kamran FarooqueDepartment of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, 110029, India.
Deepak GuptaDepartment of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, 110029, India.
Bhavuk GargDepartment of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, 110029, India.
Nand KumarDepartment of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, 110029, India.
Gita H ThukralDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, 110029, India.
Kanwal Preet KochharBrain Stimulation and Neuromodulation Laboratory, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, 110029, India.
Suman JainBrain Stimulation and Neuromodulation Laboratory, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, 110029, India. sumanjain10@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-1428-605X

Funding

Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology (DBT) BT_2052
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionSpinal cord injury (SCI) causes damage to neurons and results in motor and sensory dysfunction. Intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) has been used to induce neuronal and synaptic plasticity by applying a magnetic field in the brain. The plasticity induced in the cortex has an imperative role in the recovery of motor and sensory functioning. However, the effect of iTBS in complete SCI patients is still elusive. CASE PRESENTATION: We report here the case of a 27-year-old female who sustained an L1 complete spinal cord injury (SCI) with an ASIA score of A. The patient lost all the sensory and motor functions below the level of injury. Intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) was administered at 80% of the resting motor threshold over the M1 motor cortex, along with intensive rehabilitation training to promote sensorimotor function. DISCUSSION: There was a partial recovery in functional, electrophysiological, and neurological parameters. The case report also demonstrates the safety and efficacy of iTBS in complete SCI patients. No adverse event has been observed in the patient during intervention sessions.

Indexed as

Spinal Cord InjuriesTranscranial Magnetic StimulationAdultFemaleHumansMotor CortexRecovery of FunctionTheta Rhythm

Identifiers

PMID39098854
PMCPMC11298536

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.