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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Grahn, Peter J., PhD
• Lavrov, Igor A., MD, PhD
• Sayenko, Dimitry G., PhD
• Van Straaten, Meegan G., PT
• Gill, Megan L., DPT
• Strommen, Jeffrey A., MD
• Calvert, Jonathan S., BS
• Drubach, Dina I., DScPT
• Beck, Lisa A., MS
• Linde, Margaux B., BS
• Thoreson, Andrew R., MS
• Lopez, Cesar, MS
• Mendez, Aldo A., MD
• Gad, Parag N., PhD
• Gerasimenko, Yury P., PhD
• Edgerton, V. Reggie, PhD
• Zhao, Kristin D., PhD
• Lee, Kendall H., MD, PhD

Titel

Enabling Task-Specific Volitional Motor Functions via Spinal Cord Neuromodulation in a Human With Paraplegia

Ist Teil von

• Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2017-04, Vol.92 (4), p.544-554

Ort / Verlag

England: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract We report a case of chronic traumatic paraplegia in which epidural electrical stimulation (EES) of the lumbosacral spinal cord enabled (1) volitional control of task-specific muscle activity, (2) volitional control of rhythmic muscle activity to produce steplike movements while side-lying, (3) independent standing, and (4) while in a vertical position with body weight partially supported, voluntary control of steplike movements and rhythmic muscle activity. This is the first time that the application of EES enabled all of these tasks in the same patient within the first 2 weeks (8 stimulation sessions total) of EES therapy.