Restoration Of Function After Spinal Cord Injury
Neuroprosthetics: A new dimension in restoration of function after spinal cord injury
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Pavanpreet Kaur Sandhu
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Neuroprosthetics: A new dimension in restoration of function after spinal cord injury
Abstract
The deformation in the structure of spinal cord after an injury causes the conduction of impulse to be
disrupted and the body functions are lost. This happens relying on the severity of the injury. There are
different devices which have been developed or are under development to restore the body functions
after a spinal cord injury. Neuroprosthetic treatment has a promising future and it is a technology
which can be used to restore motor and autonomic functions and also to get the sensory feedback.
Described here are the neuroprostheses which are currently in different stages of development be it
preclinical, commercialization or testing and it involoves functional electrical stimulators, epidural
and intraspinal microstimulation, bladder neuroprosthesis, and cortical stimulation for restoring
sensation. Following the brief background of the SCI and neuroprosthesis is the chronology of the
developments related to neuromuscular excitation. The electrical stimulation in the form of functional
electrical stimulation (FES) is discussed in detail which can help facilitate and improve upper/lower
limb mobility along with other body functions lost due to injury. The applications and the future
directions are
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