Neuromodulation in Spinal Cord Injury Using Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation—Mapping for a Blood Pressure Response: A Case Series

Spinal cord transcutaneous stimulation (scTS) offers a promising approach to enhance cardiovascular regulation in individuals with a high-level spinal cord injury (SCI), addressing the challenges of unstable blood pressure (BP) and the accompanying hypo- and hypertensive events. While scTS offers fl...

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Main Authors: Einat Engel-Haber, Akhil Bheemreddy, Mehmed Bugrahan Bayram, Manikandan Ravi, Fan Zhang, Haiyan Su, Steven Kirshblum, Gail F. Forrest
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Published: Mary Ann Liebert 2024-11-01
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Online Access:https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/neur.2024.0066
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Akhil Bheemreddy
Mehmed Bugrahan Bayram
Manikandan Ravi
Fan Zhang
Haiyan Su
Steven Kirshblum
Gail F. Forrest
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Akhil Bheemreddy
Mehmed Bugrahan Bayram
Manikandan Ravi
Fan Zhang
Haiyan Su
Steven Kirshblum
Gail F. Forrest
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description Spinal cord transcutaneous stimulation (scTS) offers a promising approach to enhance cardiovascular regulation in individuals with a high-level spinal cord injury (SCI), addressing the challenges of unstable blood pressure (BP) and the accompanying hypo- and hypertensive events. While scTS offers flexibility in stimulation locations, it also leads to significant variability and lack of validation in stimulation sites utilized by studies. Our study presents findings from a case series involving eight individuals with chronic cervical SCI, examining the hemodynamic effects of scTS applied in different vertebral locations, spanning from high cervical to sacral regions. Stimulation of the lumbosacral vertebrae region (L1/2, S1/2, and also including T11/12) significantly elevated BP, unlike cervical or upper thoracic stimulation. The observed trend, which remained consistent across different participants, highlights the promising role of lumbosacral stimulation in neuromodulating BP.
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spelling doaj-art-c7b98685676345fdaf3308cea8026f712025-08-20T02:30:55ZengMary Ann LiebertNeurotrauma Reports2689-288X2024-11-015184585610.1089/neur.2024.0066Neuromodulation in Spinal Cord Injury Using Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation—Mapping for a Blood Pressure Response: A Case SeriesEinat Engel-Haber0Akhil Bheemreddy1Mehmed Bugrahan Bayram2Manikandan Ravi3Fan Zhang4Haiyan Su5Steven Kirshblum6Gail F. Forrest7Kessler Foundation, West Orange, New Jersey, USA.Kessler Foundation, West Orange, New Jersey, USA.Kessler Foundation, West Orange, New Jersey, USA.Kessler Foundation, West Orange, New Jersey, USA.Kessler Foundation, West Orange, New Jersey, USA.School of Computing, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, USA.Kessler Foundation, West Orange, New Jersey, USA.Kessler Foundation, West Orange, New Jersey, USA.Spinal cord transcutaneous stimulation (scTS) offers a promising approach to enhance cardiovascular regulation in individuals with a high-level spinal cord injury (SCI), addressing the challenges of unstable blood pressure (BP) and the accompanying hypo- and hypertensive events. While scTS offers flexibility in stimulation locations, it also leads to significant variability and lack of validation in stimulation sites utilized by studies. Our study presents findings from a case series involving eight individuals with chronic cervical SCI, examining the hemodynamic effects of scTS applied in different vertebral locations, spanning from high cervical to sacral regions. Stimulation of the lumbosacral vertebrae region (L1/2, S1/2, and also including T11/12) significantly elevated BP, unlike cervical or upper thoracic stimulation. The observed trend, which remained consistent across different participants, highlights the promising role of lumbosacral stimulation in neuromodulating BP.https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/neur.2024.0066blood pressurecardiovascularmappingspinal cord injuryspinal cord stimulationspinal cord transcutaneous stimulation
spellingShingle Einat Engel-Haber
Akhil Bheemreddy
Mehmed Bugrahan Bayram
Manikandan Ravi
Fan Zhang
Haiyan Su
Steven Kirshblum
Gail F. Forrest
Neuromodulation in Spinal Cord Injury Using Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation—Mapping for a Blood Pressure Response: A Case Series
Neurotrauma Reports
blood pressure
cardiovascular
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spinal cord injury
spinal cord stimulation
spinal cord transcutaneous stimulation
title Neuromodulation in Spinal Cord Injury Using Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation—Mapping for a Blood Pressure Response: A Case Series
title_full Neuromodulation in Spinal Cord Injury Using Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation—Mapping for a Blood Pressure Response: A Case Series
title_fullStr Neuromodulation in Spinal Cord Injury Using Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation—Mapping for a Blood Pressure Response: A Case Series
title_full_unstemmed Neuromodulation in Spinal Cord Injury Using Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation—Mapping for a Blood Pressure Response: A Case Series
title_short Neuromodulation in Spinal Cord Injury Using Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation—Mapping for a Blood Pressure Response: A Case Series
title_sort neuromodulation in spinal cord injury using transcutaneous spinal stimulation mapping for a blood pressure response a case series
topic blood pressure
cardiovascular
mapping
spinal cord injury
spinal cord stimulation
spinal cord transcutaneous stimulation
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