Rehabilitative therapies after spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurotrauma
V Reggie EdgertonRoland R Roy

Abstract

We review some basic and highly relevant concepts in the effort to develop improved rehabilitative interventions for subjects with spinal cord injury (SCI). Interventions that are likely to contribute to improved sensorimotor function include (1) practice of the specific motor task that needs to be improved; and (2) combining the training with one or more interventions--such as pharmacological modulation of the excitability of spinal neural networks, implantation of selected cell types such as olfactory ensheathing glia (OEG), and/or modulation of the excitability of the spinal cord via epidural stimulation. Upon improvement of the neural control of the musculature following SCI, it will always be prudent to maximize the torque output from these activation patterns by assuring that muscle mass is maintained. Therefore, it seems quite feasible that considerable improvement in locomotor performance can be achieved by improved coordination of motor pools, as well as effective recovery of muscle mass, which will assist in the potential generation of normal forces among agonistic and antagonistic muscle groups.

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