Journal: BioMedical Engineering OnLine
Article Title: Noninvasive spinal stimulation improves walking in chronic stroke survivors: a proof-of-concept case series
doi: 10.1186/s12938-024-01231-1
Figure Lengend Snippet: Study protocol and stimulation setup. A Overall experimental protocol. B Top–down view of position of the legs extended beyond the edge of the table and supported with vertically cables during the side-lying training of a participant (Stim 2). C tSCS delivered using surface electrodes on the skin between the C5–6, T11–12, and L1–2 spinous processes (cathode) and a surface electrode on each anterior crest (anode, not shown). D Schematic representation of biphasic pulse sequence used for tSCS. tSCS transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation, OG overground walking, 10MWT 10-m walk test, 6MWT 6-min walk test
Article Snippet: A custom-built, constant current, spinal stimulator (BioStim-5, Cosyma, Moscow, Russia) [ ] provided tSCS to the Stim group during gait training. tSCS was delivered via cathode electrodes (3.2 cm diameter, ValuTrode, Axelgaard Ltd., Fallbrook, CA, USA) placed on the skin between the C5–6, T11–12, and L1–2 vertebrae (Fig. C) [ ].
Techniques: Sequencing