Authors: Christopher R. West et al
Summary: The application of epidural electrical stimulation to the lumbosacral spinal cord in individuals with a spinal cord injury (SCI) facilitates supraspinal control of paralyzed limbs.1 There is a growing interest in studying whether epidural stimulation can be leveraged to also abrogate cardiovascular dysfunction, as evidenced by ongoing randomized clinical trials on this topic (NCT02037620; NCT03026816). Here, we investigated whether lumbosacral epidural stimulation could be optimized to control cardiovascular functions in the short term, a top health priority and primary cause of death,2 in 1 individual with a motor-complete cervical SCI.
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JAMA Neurology, 2018