Noninvasive spinal stimulation safely enables upright posture in children with spinal cord injury

Scoliosis due to trunk muscle paralysis frequently requires surgical treatment in children with spinal cord injury. The authors demonstrate the safety and efficacy of transcutaneous spinal stimulation to enable upright sitting posture in 7/8 children with trunk control impairment in a within-subject...

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Main Authors: Anastasia Keller, Goutam Singh, Joel H. Sommerfeld, Molly King, Parth Parikh, Beatrice Ugiliweneza, Jessica D’Amico, Yury Gerasimenko, Andrea L. Behrman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26026-z