Spinal Cord Stimulation for Functional Recovery in Humans With Tetraplegia
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Spinal Cord Injury
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 – 70
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 86 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development · Federal
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About This Trial
In support of the long-term goal of developing new strategies to increase limb function after SCI, the objectives of this proposal are to: 1) Examine the behavioral and physiological effects of TESS on upper-limb muscles after cervical SCI; and 2) Maximize the recovery of reaching and grasping potential by using tailored TESS in a task-specific manner with motor training. Veterans with cervical sp…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Inclusion criteria for SCI:
* Male and female Veterans between 18-70 years
* Chronic SCI (1 year of injury)
* Cervical injury at C8 or above - damage between cervical spinal segments will be confirmed using MRI \[preliminary data (Benavides et al., 2020) and analysis of MRIs in…
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