Engaging Cervical Spinal Cord Networks to Reenable Volitional Control of Hand Function in Tetraplegic Patients

C. Lu, Daniel; Reggie Edgerton, V.; Modaber, Morteza; AuYong, Nicholas; Morikawa, Erika; Zdunowski, Sharon; E. Sarino, Melanie; Sarrafzadeh, Majid; R. Nuwer, Marc; R. Roy, Roland; Gerasimenko, Yury

doi:10.1177/1545968316644344

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Engaging Cervical Spinal Cord Networks to Reenable Volitional Control of Hand Function in Tetraplegic Patients

Published in Neurorehabilitation and neural repair • May 20, 2016

Authors:

Daniel C. Lu

V. Reggie Edgerton

Morteza Modaber

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Paralysis of the upper limbs from spinal cord injury results in an enormous loss of independence in an individual's daily life. Meaningful improvement in hand function is rare after 1 year of tetraparesis. Therapeutic developments that result in even modest gains in hand volitional funct...

Subject

Physical medicine and rehabilitation

Spinal cord

Tetraplegia

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