NCT06815601NARecruitingAccepts Healthy Volunteers

Neuromodulation After Spinal Cord Injury to Improve Limb Function

State University of New York at Buffalo

Start Date

4/10/2025

Completion Date

1/1/2028

Summary

The University at Buffalo (UB) Department of Rehabilitation Sciences is looking for adult volunteers with and without spinal cord injuries for a study on hand movement. The goal of the study is to learn about how the brain, nerves, and muscles of the body are connected and perform everyday tasks. This may help us to develop ways to improve the hand functions of people with spinal cord injuries.

Detailed Description

The main goal of rehabilitation strategies in humans with spinal cord injury (SCI) is to strengthen transmission in spared neural networks to restore functional movements. Recent evidence showed that neuromodulation approaches may increase the transmission in corticospinal pathway in humans with SCI and improve functional outcomes. Therefore, the investigators aim to investigate how the noninvasive brain stimulation protocols affects neuroplasticity of corticospinal pathway. Specifically, the investigators will use the repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to explore its effect. The investigators will investigate the effect of short-term and long-term rTMS application in individuals with SCI.

Eligibility Criteria

Age Range: 18 years to 75 years

Inclusion Criteria: * Healthy adults between the ages of 18-75 years old who are right-handed * Adults between the ages of 18-75 years old who have had a spinal cord injury (SCI) Exclusion Criteria: For both healthy individuals and those with SCI: * Uncontrolled medical problems including pulmonary, cardiovascular or orthopedic disease * Any debilitating disease prior to the SCI that caused exercise intolerance * Ongoing major depression or altered cognitive status * Metal plate in skull * History of seizures * Receiving drugs acting primarily on the central nervous system, which lower the seizure threshold such as antipsychotic drugs * Pregnant females

Interventions

OTHER

rTMS

OTHER

Sham rTMS

BEHAVIORAL

Motor training

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Conditions

Spinal Cord InjurySpinal Cord Injury Cervical

Locations

The Kimball Tower at The State University of New York at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York 14214

United States