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Project Number: | I21RX003456-01 |
| Title: | Transspinal versus Epidural Stimulation for Exoskeletal Assisted Walking after Spinal Cord Injury |
| Principal Investigator: | Ashraf Gorgey |
| Location: | Richmond, VA |
| Congressional District Code: | 3 |
| Research Service: | Rehabilitation R&D |
| Project Period: | July 2020 - June 2022 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $100,000 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$272,000 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: Restoring locomotion following spinal cord injury (SCI) has been the focus of years of research aimed at ameliorating several of health-related comorbidities. Spinal cord epidural stimulation (SCES) exhibits the rehabilitation potential of restoring locomotion in individuals with SCI when combined with intensive locomotion training. Despite this potential, such protocols are likely impractical when applied across large clinical SCI populations due to high monetary costs. Similar to SCES, transsp... |