RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Spinal direct current stimulation with locomotor training in chronic spinal cord injury
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 88
OP 93
DO 10.15537/smj.2020.1.24818
VO 41
IS 1
A1 Turki S. Abualait
A1 Alaa I. Ibrahim
YR 2020
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/41/1/88.abstract
AB Transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation (tsDCS) is a non-invasive method of stimulating spinal circuits that can modulate and induce changes in corticospinal excitability (CE) in incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI). A double-blinded sham controlled study of 2 male patients (A and B) with SCI was carried out. Patient A received sham and cathodal tsDCS, while Patient B received sham and anodal tsDCS. Four baselines were recorded prior to each arm of stimulation. Outcomes were then measured post each arm of stimulation; 10-meter walk test, modified ashworth scale, berg balance scale, manual muscle testing, and spinal cord independence measure-III. Transcranial magnetic stimulation, assessed motor evoked potentials. Cathodal tsDCS increased the scores in few of the outcome measures and decreased others. Anodal stimulation increased scores in all measures. Motor evoked potentials increased in post-cathode and deteriorated in post-anode. In conclusion, tsDCS modulated gait parameters, spasticity, and CE in incomplete SCI.