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Mukhametova E, Militskova A, Biktimirov A, Kharin N, Semenova E, Sachenkov O, Baltina T, Lavrov I. Consecutive Transcutaneous and Epidural Spinal Cord Neuromodulation to Modify Clinical Complete Paralysis-the Proof of Concept. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes 2024; 8:1-16. [PMID: 38186923 PMCID: PMC10770429 DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2023.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2024] Open
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Objective To evaluate the effect of transcutaneous (tSCS) and epidural electrical spinal cord stimulation (EES) in facilitating volitional movements, balance, and nonmotor functions, in this observational study, tSCS and EES were consecutively tested in 2 participants with motor complete spinal cord injury (SCI). Participants and Methods Two participants (a 48-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man), both classified as motor complete spinal injury, were enrolled in the study. Both participants went through a unified protocol, such as an initial electrophysiological assessment of neural connectivity, consecutive tSCS and EES combined with 8 wks of motor training with electromyography (EMG) and kinematic evaluation. The study was conducted from May 1, 2019, to December 31, 2021. Results In both participants, tSCS reported a minimal improvement in voluntary movements still essential to start tSCS-enabled rehabilitation. Compared with tSCS, following EES showed immediate improvement in voluntary movements, whereas tSCS was more effective in improving balance and posture. Continuous improvement in nonmotor functions was found during tSCS-enabled and then during EES-enabled motor training. Conclusion Results report a significant difference in the effect of tSCS and EES on the recovery of neurologic functions and support consecutive tSCS and EES applications as a potential therapy for SCI. The proposed approach may help in selecting patients with SCI responsive to neuromodulation. It would also help initiate neuromodulation and rehabilitation therapy early, particularly for motor complete SCI with minimal effect from conventional rehabilitation.
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- Elvira Mukhametova
- Department of Neurology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
- Laboratory of Neuromodulation, Kazan Federal University, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan, Russia
- Laboratory of Movement Physiology, Federal State Institution of Science Institute of Physiology, IP Pavlov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Neurology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
- Laboratory of Neuromodulation, Kazan Federal University, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan, Russia
- Laboratory of Movement Physiology, Federal State Institution of Science Institute of Physiology, IP Pavlov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Center of Neurotechnologies, Virtual, and Augmented Reality Technologies, Department of Neurosurgery, Far Eastern Federal University, Russia
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- Laboratory of Shell Mechanics, N.I. Lobachevsky Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Shell Mechanics, N.I. Lobachevsky Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Shell Mechanics, N.I. Lobachevsky Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neuromodulation, Kazan Federal University, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan, Russia
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- Department of Neurology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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Gordon T, Everaert DG, Chan KM. In Memoriam: Professor Richard B. Stein (1940-2020) harnessing insights from the neurophysiology of motor control-from bench to bedside. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2022; 100:712-715. [PMID: 35968859 DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2022-0262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The role of afferent feedback and central motor drive in muscle activation has a profound impact on our understanding of movement control in health and disease. Dr. Richard B. Stein was a pioneer who made major contributions to the field. In addition to fundamental discoveries using animal models, he translated this to the clinic to benefit patients with spinal cord and other neurological injuries. Along the way, he inspired a generation of scientists around the world.
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- Tessa Gordon
- Division of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5G 1S8, Canada
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- Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 5005 Katz Group Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E1, Canada
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- Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 5005 Katz Group Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E1, Canada
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Steele AG, Atkinson DA, Varghese B, Oh J, Markley RL, Sayenko DG. Characterization of Spinal Sensorimotor Network Using Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation during Voluntary Movement Preparation and Performance. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10245958. [PMID: 34945253 PMCID: PMC8709482 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10245958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Revised: 12/10/2021] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Transcutaneous electrical spinal stimulation (TSS) can be used to selectively activate motor pools based on their anatomical arrangements in the lumbosacral enlargement. These spatial patterns of spinal motor activation may have important clinical implications, especially when there is a need to target specific muscle groups. However, our understanding of the net effects and interplay between the motor pools projecting to agonist and antagonist muscles during the preparation and performance of voluntary movements is still limited. The present study was designed to systematically investigate and differentiate the multi-segmental convergence of supraspinal inputs on the lumbosacral neural network before and during the execution of voluntary leg movements in neurologically intact participants. During the experiments, participants (N = 13) performed isometric (1) knee flexion and (2) extension, as well as (3) plantarflexion and (4) dorsiflexion. TSS consisting of a pair pulse with 50 ms interstimulus interval was delivered over the T12-L1 vertebrae during the muscle contractions, as well as within 50 to 250 ms following the auditory or tactile stimuli, to characterize the temporal profiles of net spinal motor output during movement preparation. Facilitation of evoked motor potentials in the ipsilateral agonists and contralateral antagonists emerged as early as 50 ms following the cue and increased prior to movement onset. These results suggest that the descending drive modulates the activity of the inter-neuronal circuitry within spinal sensorimotor networks in specific, functionally relevant spatiotemporal patterns, which has a direct implication for the characterization of the state of those networks in individuals with neurological conditions.
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- Alexander G. Steele
- Center for Neuroregeneration, Department of Neurosurgery, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6550 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA; (A.G.S.); (D.A.A.); (B.V.); (J.O.); (R.L.M.)
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, E413 Engineering Bldg 2, 4726 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- Center for Neuroregeneration, Department of Neurosurgery, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6550 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA; (A.G.S.); (D.A.A.); (B.V.); (J.O.); (R.L.M.)
- College of Rehabilitative Sciences, University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences, 5401 La Crosse Avenue, Austin, TX 78739, USA
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- Center for Neuroregeneration, Department of Neurosurgery, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6550 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA; (A.G.S.); (D.A.A.); (B.V.); (J.O.); (R.L.M.)
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- Center for Neuroregeneration, Department of Neurosurgery, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6550 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA; (A.G.S.); (D.A.A.); (B.V.); (J.O.); (R.L.M.)
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- Center for Neuroregeneration, Department of Neurosurgery, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6550 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA; (A.G.S.); (D.A.A.); (B.V.); (J.O.); (R.L.M.)
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- Center for Neuroregeneration, Department of Neurosurgery, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6550 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA; (A.G.S.); (D.A.A.); (B.V.); (J.O.); (R.L.M.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-713-363-9910
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Calvert JS, Gill ML, Linde MB, Veith DD, Thoreson AR, Lopez C, Lee KH, Gerasimenko YP, Edgerton VR, Lavrov IA, Zhao KD, Grahn PJ, Sayenko DG. Voluntary Modulation of Evoked Responses Generated by Epidural and Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation in Humans with Spinal Cord Injury. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10214898. [PMID: 34768418 PMCID: PMC8584516 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10214898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Transcutaneous (TSS) and epidural spinal stimulation (ESS) are electrophysiological techniques that have been used to investigate the interactions between exogenous electrical stimuli and spinal sensorimotor networks that integrate descending motor signals with afferent inputs from the periphery during motor tasks such as standing and stepping. Recently, pilot-phase clinical trials using ESS and TSS have demonstrated restoration of motor functions that were previously lost due to spinal cord injury (SCI). However, the spinal network interactions that occur in response to TSS or ESS pulses with spared descending connections across the site of SCI have yet to be characterized. Therefore, we examined the effects of delivering TSS or ESS pulses to the lumbosacral spinal cord in nine individuals with chronic SCI. During low-frequency stimulation, participants were instructed to relax or attempt maximum voluntary contraction to perform full leg flexion while supine. We observed similar lower-extremity neuromusculature activation during TSS and ESS when performed in the same participants while instructed to relax. Interestingly, when participants were instructed to attempt lower-extremity muscle contractions, both TSS- and ESS-evoked motor responses were significantly inhibited across all muscles. Participants with clinically complete SCI tested with ESS and participants with clinically incomplete SCI tested with TSS demonstrated greater ability to modulate evoked responses than participants with motor complete SCI tested with TSS, although this was not statistically significant due to a low number of subjects in each subgroup. These results suggest that descending commands combined with spinal stimulation may increase activity of inhibitory interneuronal circuitry within spinal sensorimotor networks in individuals with SCI, which may be relevant in the context of regaining functional motor outcomes.
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- Jonathan S. Calvert
- Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA;
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (M.L.G.); (M.B.L.); (D.D.V.); (A.R.T.); (C.L.); (K.H.L.); (K.D.Z.); (P.J.G.)
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (M.L.G.); (M.B.L.); (D.D.V.); (A.R.T.); (C.L.); (K.H.L.); (K.D.Z.); (P.J.G.)
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (M.L.G.); (M.B.L.); (D.D.V.); (A.R.T.); (C.L.); (K.H.L.); (K.D.Z.); (P.J.G.)
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (M.L.G.); (M.B.L.); (D.D.V.); (A.R.T.); (C.L.); (K.H.L.); (K.D.Z.); (P.J.G.)
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (M.L.G.); (M.B.L.); (D.D.V.); (A.R.T.); (C.L.); (K.H.L.); (K.D.Z.); (P.J.G.)
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (M.L.G.); (M.B.L.); (D.D.V.); (A.R.T.); (C.L.); (K.H.L.); (K.D.Z.); (P.J.G.)
- Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA;
- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Pavlov Institute of Physiology of Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia;
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
- Department of Neurobiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
- Brain Research Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
- Institut Guttmann, Hospital de Neurorehabilitació, Institut Universitari Adscrit a la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08916 Badalona, Spain
- Centre for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo 2007, Australia
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- Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA;
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (M.L.G.); (M.B.L.); (D.D.V.); (A.R.T.); (C.L.); (K.H.L.); (K.D.Z.); (P.J.G.)
- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (M.L.G.); (M.B.L.); (D.D.V.); (A.R.T.); (C.L.); (K.H.L.); (K.D.Z.); (P.J.G.)
- Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA;
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- Center for Neuroregeneration, Department of Neurosurgery, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-713-363-7949
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Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation and Dopaminergic Medication on Excitatory and Inhibitory Spinal Pathways in Parkinson Disease. J Clin Neurophysiol 2021; 38:340-345. [PMID: 32501952 DOI: 10.1097/wnp.0000000000000697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Abnormal activity within the corticospinal system is believed to contribute to the motor dysfunction associated with Parkinson disease. However, the effect of treatment for parkinsonian motor symptoms on dysfunctional descending input to the motor neuron pool remains unclear. METHODS We recruited nine patients with PD treated with deep brain stimulation and examined the time course of interaction between a conditioning pulse from transcranial magnetic stimulation and the soleus H-reflex. Patients with Parkinson disease were examined under four treatment conditions and compared with 10 age-matched control subjects. RESULTS In healthy controls, transcranial magnetic stimulation conditioning led to early inhibition of the H-reflex (76.2% ± 6.3%) at a condition-test interval of -2 ms. This early inhibition was absent when patients were OFF medication/OFF stimulation (132.5% ± 20.4%; P > 0.05) but was maximally restored toward control levels ON medication/ON stimulation (80.3% ± 7.0%). Of note, early inhibition ON medication/ON stimulation tended to be stronger than when medication (85.4% ± 5.9%) or deep brain stimulation (95.7% ± 9.4%) were applied separately. Late facilitation was observed in controls at condition-test intervals ≥5 ms but was significantly reduced (by 50% to 80% of controls) in Parkinson disease OFF stimulation at condition-test intervals ≥15 ms. The late facilitation was akin to control subjects when patients were ON stimulation. CONCLUSIONS The present pilot study demonstrates that the recruitment of early inhibition and late facilitation is disrupted in untreated Parkinson disease and that medication and deep brain stimulation may act together to normalize supraspinal drive to the motor neuron pool.
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Andrews JC, Roy FD, Stein RB, Ba F, Sankar T. Effect of Motor State on Postactivation Depression of the Soleus H-Reflex in Parkinson's Disease During Deep Brain Stimulation and Dopaminergic Medication Treatment: A Pilot Study. J Clin Neurophysiol 2020; 39:497-503. [PMID: 33394822 DOI: 10.1097/wnp.0000000000000808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Postactivation depression of the Hoffmann reflex is reduced in Parkinson's disease (PD), but how the recovery is influenced by the state of the muscle is unknown. The present pilot study examined postactivation depression in PD at rest and during a voluntary contraction while patients were off treatment and while receiving medications and/or deep brain stimulation. METHODS The authors recruited nine patients with PD treated with implanted deep brain stimulation and examined postactivation depression under four treatment conditions. Paired pulses were delivered 25 to 300 ms apart, and soleus Hoffmann reflex recovery was tested at rest and during voluntary plantar flexion. Trials were matched for background muscle activity and compared with 10 age-matched controls. RESULTS Patients with Parkinson disease who were OFF medications (OFF meds) and OFF stimulation (OFF stim) at rest showed less postactivation depression at the 300 ms interpulse interval (86.1% ± 21.0%) relative to control subjects (36.4% ± 6.1%; P < 0.05). Postactivation depression was restored when dopaminergic medication and/or deep brain stimulation was applied. Comparisons between resting and active motor states revealed that the recovery curves were similar OFF meds/OFF stim owing to faster recovery in PD seen at rest. In contrast, the effect of the motor state was different ON meds/OFF stim and ON meds/ON stim (both P < 0.05), with a nonsignificant trend OFF meds/ON stim (P > 0.08). During a contraction, recovery curves were similar between all treatment conditions in PD and control. CONCLUSIONS Disrupted Hoffmann reflex recovery is restored to control levels in PD patients at rest when receiving medications and/or deep brain stimulation or when engaged in voluntary contraction.
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- Jennifer C Andrews
- Departments of Surgery and Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and Divisions of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Meyer C, Hofstoetter US, Hubli M, Hassani RH, Rinaldo C, Curt A, Bolliger M. Immediate Effects of Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation on Motor Function in Chronic, Sensorimotor Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury. J Clin Med 2020; 9:E3541. [PMID: 33147884 PMCID: PMC7694146 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9113541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Deficient ankle control after incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI) often accentuates walking impairments. Transcutaneous electrical spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) has been shown to augment locomotor activity after iSCI, presumably due to modulation of spinal excitability. However, the effects of possible excitability modulations induced by tSCS on ankle control have not yet been assessed. This study investigated the immediate (i.e., without training) effects during single-sessions of tonic tSCS on ankle control, spinal excitability, and locomotion in ten individuals with chronic, sensorimotor iSCI (American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale D). Participants performed rhythmic ankle movements (dorsi- and plantar flexion) at a given rate, and irregular ankle movements following a predetermined trajectory with and without tonic tSCS at 15 Hz, 30 Hz, and 50 Hz. In a subgroup of eight participants, the effects of tSCS on assisted over-ground walking were studied. Furthermore, the activity of a polysynaptic spinal reflex, associated with spinal locomotor networks, was investigated to study the effect of the stimulation on the dedicated spinal circuitry associated with locomotor function. Tonic tSCS at 30 Hz immediately improved maximum dorsiflexion by +4.6° ± 0.9° in the more affected lower limb during the rhythmic ankle movement task, resulting in an increase of +2.9° ± 0.9° in active range of motion. Coordination of ankle movements, assessed by the ability to perform rhythmic ankle movements at a given target rate and to perform irregular movements according to a trajectory, was unchanged during stimulation. tSCS at 30 Hz modulated spinal reflex activity, reflected by a significant suppression of pathological activity specific to SCI in the assessed polysynaptic spinal reflex. During walking, there was no statistical group effect of tSCS. In the subgroup of eight assessed participants, the three with the lowest as well as the one with the highest walking function scores showed positive stimulation effects, including increased maximum walking speed, or more continuous and faster stepping at a self-selected speed. Future studies need to investigate if multiple applications and individual optimization of the stimulation parameters can increase the effects of tSCS, and if the technique can improve the outcome of locomotor rehabilitation after iSCI.
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- Christian Meyer
- Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, Forchstrasse 340, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland; (C.M.); (M.H.); (R.H.H.); (C.R.); (A.C.); (M.B.)
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, Forchstrasse 340, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland; (C.M.); (M.H.); (R.H.H.); (C.R.); (A.C.); (M.B.)
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- Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, Forchstrasse 340, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland; (C.M.); (M.H.); (R.H.H.); (C.R.); (A.C.); (M.B.)
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- Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, Forchstrasse 340, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland; (C.M.); (M.H.); (R.H.H.); (C.R.); (A.C.); (M.B.)
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- Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, Forchstrasse 340, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland; (C.M.); (M.H.); (R.H.H.); (C.R.); (A.C.); (M.B.)
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- Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, Forchstrasse 340, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland; (C.M.); (M.H.); (R.H.H.); (C.R.); (A.C.); (M.B.)
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Andrews JC, Roy FD, Ba F, Sankar T. Intraoperative changes in the H-reflex pathway during deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson's disease: A potential biomarker for optimal electrode placement. Brain Stimul 2020; 13:1765-1773. [PMID: 33035725 DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2020.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Revised: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) targeting the subthalamic nucleus (STN) and globus pallidus interna (GPi) is an effective treatment for cardinal motor symptoms and motor complications in Parkinson's Disease (PD). However, malpositioned DBS electrodes can result in suboptimal therapeutic response. OBJECTIVE We explored whether recovery of the H-reflex-an easily measured electrophysiological analogue of the stretch reflex, known to be altered in PD-could serve as an adjunct biomarker of suboptimal versus optimal electrode position during STN- or GPi-DBS implantation. METHODS Changes in soleus H-reflex recovery were investigated intraoperatively throughout awake DBS target refinement across 26 nuclei (14 STN). H-reflex recovery was evaluated during microelectrode recording (MER) and macrostimulation at multiple locations within and outside target nuclei, at varying stimulus intensities. RESULTS Following MER, H-reflex recovery normalized (i.e., became less Parkinsonian) in 21/26 nuclei, and correlated with on-table motor improvement consistent with an insertional effect. During macrostimulation, H-reflex recovery was maximally normalized in 23/26 nuclei when current was applied at the location within the nucleus producing optimal motor benefit. At these optimal sites, H-reflex normalization was greatest at stimulation intensities generating maximum motor benefit free of stimulation-induced side effects, with subthreshold or suprathreshold intensities generating less dramatic normalization. CONCLUSION H-reflex recovery is modulated by stimulation of the STN or GPi in patients with PD and varies depending on the location and intensity of stimulation within the target nucleus. H-reflex recovery shows potential as an easily-measured, objective, patient-specific, adjunct biomarker of suboptimal versus optimal electrode position during DBS surgery for PD.
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- Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Division of Neurology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; Division of Neurosurgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
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Andrews JC, Sankar T, Stein RB, Roy FD. Characterizing the effect of low intensity transcranial magnetic stimulation on the soleus H-reflex at rest. Exp Brain Res 2020; 238:2725-2731. [PMID: 32955615 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-020-05879-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Modulation of a Hoffmann (H)-reflex following transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has been used to assess the nature of signals transmitted from cortical centers to lower motor neurons. Further characterizing the recruitment and time-course of the TMS-induced effect onto the soleus H-reflex adds to the discussion of these pathways and may improve its utility in clinical studies. In 10 healthy controls, TMS was used to condition the soleus H-reflex using TMS intensities from 65 to 110% of the resting motor threshold (RMT). Early facilitation [- 5 to - 3 ms condition-test (C-T) interval] was evident when TMS was 110% of RMT (P < 0.05). By comparison, late facilitation (+ 10 to + 20 ms C-T interval) was several times larger and observed over a wider range of TMS intensities, including 65-110% of RMT. The early inhibition (- 3 to - 1 ms C-T interval) had a low TMS threshold and was elicited over a wide range of intensity from 65% to 95% of RMT (all P < 0.05). A second inhibitory phase was seen ~ 4 ms later (+ 1 to + 4 ms C-T intervals) and was only observed for a TMS intensity of 95% of RMT (P < 0.05). The present findings reaffirm that subthreshold TMS strongly modulates soleus motor neurons and demonstrates that distinct pathways can be selectively probed at discrete C-T intervals when using specific TMS intensities.
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- Jennifer C Andrews
- Department of Surgery, University of Alberta Hospital, WMC 1C3.13, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E1, Canada
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- Division of Neurosurgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, University of Alberta Hospital, WMC 1C3.13, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E1, Canada.
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Hofstoetter US, Freundl B, Binder H, Minassian K. Recovery cycles of posterior root-muscle reflexes evoked by transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation and of the H reflex in individuals with intact and injured spinal cord. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0227057. [PMID: 31877192 PMCID: PMC6932776 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Posterior root-muscle (PRM) reflexes are short-latency spinal reflexes evoked by epidural or transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (SCS) in clinical and physiological studies. PRM reflexes share key physiological characteristics with the H reflex elicited by electrical stimulation of large-diameter muscle spindle afferents in the tibial nerve. Here, we compared the H reflex and the PRM reflex of soleus in response to transcutaneous stimulation by studying their recovery cycles in ten neurologically intact volunteers and ten individuals with traumatic, chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). The recovery cycles of the reflexes, i.e., the time course of their excitability changes, were assessed by paired pulses with conditioning-test intervals of 20–5000 ms. Between the subject groups, no statistical difference was found for the recovery cycles of the H reflexes, yet those of the PRM reflexes differed significantly, with a striking suppression in the intact group. When comparing the reflex types, they did not differ in the SCI group, while the PRM reflexes were more strongly depressed in the intact group for durations characteristic for presynaptic inhibition. These differences may arise from the concomitant stimulation of several posterior roots containing afferent fibers of various lower extremity nerves by transcutaneous SCS, producing multi-source heteronymous presynaptic inhibition, and the collective dysfunction of inhibitory mechanisms after SCI contributing to spasticity. PRM-reflex recovery cycles additionally obtained for bilateral rectus femoris, biceps femoris, tibialis anterior, and soleus all demonstrated a stronger suppression in the intact group. Within both subject groups, the thigh muscles showed a stronger recovery than the lower leg muscles, which may reflect a characteristic difference in motor control of diverse muscles. Based on the substantial difference between intact and SCI individuals, PRM-reflex depression tested with paired pulses could become a sensitive measure for spasticity and motor recovery.
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- Ursula S. Hofstoetter
- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Neurological Center, Maria Theresien Schloessel, Otto Wagner Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Neurological Center, Maria Theresien Schloessel, Otto Wagner Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Calvert JS, Manson GA, Grahn PJ, Sayenko DG. Preferential activation of spinal sensorimotor networks via lateralized transcutaneous spinal stimulation in neurologically intact humans. J Neurophysiol 2019; 122:2111-2118. [PMID: 31553681 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00454.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Transcutaneous spinal stimulation (TSS), a noninvasive technique to modulate sensorimotor circuitry within the spinal cord, has been shown to enable a wide range of functions that were thought to be permanently impaired in humans with spinal cord injury. However, the extent to which TSS can be used to target specific mediolateral spinal cord circuitry remains undefined. We tested the hypothesis that TSS applied unilaterally to the skin ~2 cm lateral to the midline of the lumbosacral spine selectively activates ipsilateral spinal sensorimotor circuitry, resulting in ipsilateral activation of downstream lower extremity neuromusculature. TSS cathodes and anodes were positioned lateral from the midline of the spine in 15 healthy subjects while supine, and the timing of TSS pulses was synchronized to recordings of lower extremity muscle activity and force. At motor threshold, left and right TSS-evoked muscle activity was significantly higher in the ipsilateral leg compared with contralateral recordings from the same muscles. Similarly, we observed a significant increase in force production in the ipsilateral leg compared with the contralateral leg. Delivery of paired TSS pulses, during which an initial stimulus was applied to one side of the spinal cord and 50 ms later a second stimulus was applied to the contralateral side, revealed that ipsilateral leg muscle responses decreased following the initial stimulus, whereas contralateral muscle responses did not decrease, indicating side-specific activation of lateral spinal sensorimotor circuitry. Our results indicate TSS can selectively engage ipsilateral neuromusculature via lumbosacral sensorimotor networks responsible for lower extremity function in healthy humans.NEW & NOTEWORTHY We demonstrate the selectivity of transcutaneous spinal stimulation (TSS), which has been shown to enable function in humans with chronic paralysis. Specifically, we demonstrate that TSS applied to locations lateral to the spinal cord can selectively activate ipsilateral spinal sensorimotor networks. We quantified lumbosacral spinal network activity by recording lower extremity muscle electromyography and force. Our results suggest lumbosacral TSS engages side-specific spinal sensorimotor networks associated with ipsilateral lower extremity function in humans.
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- Jonathan S Calvert
- Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Center for Neuroregeneration, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.,Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Center for Neuroregeneration, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas
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Hofstoetter US, Freundl B, Danner SM, Krenn MJ, Mayr W, Binder H, Minassian K. Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation Induces Temporary Attenuation of Spasticity in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury. J Neurotrauma 2019; 37:481-493. [PMID: 31333064 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2019.6588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Epidural spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is currently regarded as a breakthrough procedure for enabling movement after spinal cord injury (SCI), yet one of its original applications was for spinal spasticity. An emergent method that activates similar target neural structures non-invasively is transcutaneous SCS. Its clinical value for spasticity control would depend on inducing carry-over effects, because the surface-electrode-based approach cannot be applied chronically. We evaluated single-session effects of transcutaneous lumbar SCS in 12 individuals with SCI by a test-battery approach, before, immediately after and 2 h after intervention. Stimulation was applied for 30 min at 50 Hz with an intensity sub-threshold for eliciting reflexes in lower extremity muscles. The tests included evaluations of stretch-induced spasticity (Modified Ashworth Scale [MAS] sum score, pendulum test, electromyography-based evaluation of tonic stretch reflexes), clonus, cutaneous-input-evoked spasms, and the timed 10 m walk test. Across participants, the MAS sum score, clonus, and spasms were significantly reduced immediately after SCS, and all spasticity measures were improved 2 h post-intervention, with large effect sizes and including clinically meaningful improvements. The effect on walking speed varied across individuals. We further conducted a single-case multi-session study over 6 weeks to explore the applicability of transcutaneous SCS as a home-based therapy. Self-application of the intervention was successful; weekly evaluations suggested progressively improving therapeutic effects during the active period and carry-over effects for 7 days. Our results suggest that transcutaneous SCS can be a viable non-pharmacological option for managing spasticity, likely working through enhancing pre- and post-synaptic spinal inhibitory mechanisms, and may additionally serve to identify responders to treatments with epidural SCS.
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- Ursula S Hofstoetter
- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Neurological Center, SMZ Baumgartner Hoehe, Otto-Wagner-Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi.,Center for Neuroscience and Neurological Recovery, Methodist Rehabilitation Center, Jackson, Mississippi
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Neurological Center, SMZ Baumgartner Hoehe, Otto-Wagner-Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Sayenko DG, Atkinson DA, Mink AM, Gurley KM, Edgerton VR, Harkema SJ, Gerasimenko YP. Vestibulospinal and Corticospinal Modulation of Lumbosacral Network Excitability in Human Subjects. Front Physiol 2018; 9:1746. [PMID: 30574093 PMCID: PMC6291495 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2018] [Accepted: 11/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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As part of a project aimed to develop a novel, non-invasive techniques for comprehensive assessment of supraspinal-spinal connectivity in humans, the present study sought to explore the convergence of descending vestibulospinal and corticospinal pathways onto lumbosacral motor pools. Transcutaneous electrical spinal stimulation-evoked motor potentials were recorded from knee and ankle flexors and extensors in resting neurologically intact participants. Descending influences on lumbosacral motor neurons were studied using galvanic vestibular (GVS) or transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to elicit descending vestibulospinal or corticospinal volleys, respectively. Facilitatory conditioning effects of descending corticospinal volleys were manifested by a significant increase of spinally evoked motor potentials in recorded knee and ankle muscles bilaterally, and were observed at the 10–30 ms conditioning-test intervals (CTIs); whereas, facilitatory conditioning effects of vestibulospinal volleys manifested at longer latencies (CTIs of 90 and 110 ms), and lasted up to 250 ms. TMS mediated volleys revealed the conditioning effects at both short and long latencies, suggestive of both direct and indirect influence. In contrast, vestibulospinally mediated conditioning effects occurred at longer latencies, consistent with this pathway’s known anatomical and functional interfaces with other descending systems including the reticulospinal pathway and, suggestively, propriospinal interneurons. Our work demonstrates the utility and sensitivity of transcutaneous spinal stimulation in human neurophysiological studies as a technique for quantitative characterization of excitatory conditioning effects in multiple lumbosacral motor pools, obtained through descending pathways. This characterization becomes critical in understanding the neuroplasticity in the central nervous system during motor learning and neurological recovery.
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- Dimitry G Sayenko
- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,Center for Neuroregeneration, Department of Neurosurgery, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States
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- Neuroscience Collaborative Center, Frazier Rehab Institute, Louisville, KY, United States.,Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States
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- Neuroscience Collaborative Center, Frazier Rehab Institute, Louisville, KY, United States.,Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States
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- School of Medicine, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Neuroscience Collaborative Center, Frazier Rehab Institute, Louisville, KY, United States.,Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,Pavlov Institute of Physiology, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Hofstoetter US, Freundl B, Binder H, Minassian K. Common neural structures activated by epidural and transcutaneous lumbar spinal cord stimulation: Elicitation of posterior root-muscle reflexes. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0192013. [PMID: 29381748 PMCID: PMC5790266 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2017] [Accepted: 01/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Epidural electrical stimulation of the lumbar spinal cord is currently regaining momentum as a neuromodulation intervention in spinal cord injury (SCI) to modify dysregulated sensorimotor functions and augment residual motor capacity. There is ample evidence that it engages spinal circuits through the electrical stimulation of large-to-medium diameter afferent fibers within lumbar and upper sacral posterior roots. Recent pilot studies suggested that the surface electrode-based method of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (SCS) may produce similar neuromodulatory effects as caused by epidural SCS. Neurophysiological and computer modeling studies proposed that this noninvasive technique stimulates posterior-root fibers as well, likely activating similar input structures to the spinal cord as epidural stimulation. Here, we add a yet missing piece of evidence substantiating this assumption. We conducted in-depth analyses and direct comparisons of the electromyographic (EMG) characteristics of short-latency responses in multiple leg muscles to both stimulation techniques derived from ten individuals with SCI each. Post-activation depression of responses evoked by paired pulses applied either epidurally or transcutaneously confirmed the reflex nature of the responses. The muscle responses to both techniques had the same latencies, EMG peak-to-peak amplitudes, and waveforms, except for smaller responses with shorter onset latencies in the triceps surae muscle group and shorter offsets of the responses in the biceps femoris muscle during epidural stimulation. Responses obtained in three subjects tested with both methods at different time points had near-identical waveforms per muscle group as well as same onset latencies. The present results strongly corroborate the activation of common neural input structures to the lumbar spinal cord—predominantly primary afferent fibers within multiple posterior roots—by both techniques and add to unraveling the basic mechanisms underlying electrical SCS.
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- Ursula S. Hofstoetter
- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Neurological Center, Maria Theresien Schloessel, Otto Wagner Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Neurological Center, Maria Theresien Schloessel, Otto Wagner Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Center for Neuroprosthetics and Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Masugi Y, Obata H, Nakazawa K. Effects of anode position on the responses elicited by transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2017; 2017:1114-1117. [PMID: 29060070 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2017.8037024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of anode position on the spinal reflex responses evoked by transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation. Healthy males participated in two experiments. In Experiment 1 (Exp. 1, n = 3), we investigated the effect of anode position on the spinal reflex responses in multiple lower-limb muscles. Experiment 2 (Exp. 2, n = 8) focused on the effect of anode position on the spinal reflex response in the vastus medialis (VM) muscle. In each experiment, electromyographic signals were recorded in the right leg muscle(s). The cathode was placed over the area between the spinous processes of the L1 and L2 vertebrae. The anode was placed over (1) the abdomen (ABD), (2) the ipsilateral (right) anterior superior iliac spine (iASIS), or (3) the contralateral (left) anterior superior iliac spine (cASIS). A double pulse stimulation test was conducted to confirm that the response was due to activation of sensory fibers (i.e. spinal reflex). The results showed that the anode position was critical for inducing the spinal reflex in the VM (Exp. 1). The ratio of second to first responses was smaller when the anode was placed over the ABD or cASIS than when the anode was placed over the iASIS (Exp. 2). In addition, the onset latency of the first response was longer when the anode was placed over the ABD or cASIS than when the anode was placed over the iASIS (Exp. 2). These results showed that the anode should be placed over the ABD or cASIS to effectively elicit spinal reflexes in lower-limb muscles.
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Grahn PJ, Lavrov IA, Sayenko DG, Van Straaten MG, Gill ML, Strommen JA, Calvert JS, Drubach DI, Beck LA, Linde MB, Thoreson AR, Lopez C, Mendez AA, Gad PN, Gerasimenko YP, Edgerton VR, Zhao KD, Lee KH. Enabling Task-Specific Volitional Motor Functions via Spinal Cord Neuromodulation in a Human With Paraplegia. Mayo Clin Proc 2017; 92:544-554. [PMID: 28385196 DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2017.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2017] [Revised: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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We report a case of chronic traumatic paraplegia in which epidural electrical stimulation (EES) of the lumbosacral spinal cord enabled (1) volitional control of task-specific muscle activity, (2) volitional control of rhythmic muscle activity to produce steplike movements while side-lying, (3) independent standing, and (4) while in a vertical position with body weight partially supported, voluntary control of steplike movements and rhythmic muscle activity. This is the first time that the application of EES enabled all of these tasks in the same patient within the first 2 weeks (8 stimulation sessions total) of EES therapy.
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- Peter J Grahn
- Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California Los Angeles
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- Rehabilitation Medicine Research Center, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Rehabilitation Medicine Research Center, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Rehabilitation Medicine Research Center, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Rehabilitation Medicine Research Center, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Rehabilitation Medicine Research Center, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Rehabilitation Medicine Research Center, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Rehabilitation Medicine Research Center, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California Los Angeles
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California Los Angeles; Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California Los Angeles
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- Rehabilitation Medicine Research Center, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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- Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Rehabilitation Medicine Research Center, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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Kaczmarek D, Ristikankare J, Jankowska E. Does trans-spinal and local DC polarization affect presynaptic inhibition and post-activation depression? J Physiol 2017; 595:1743-1761. [PMID: 27891626 DOI: 10.1113/jp272902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2016] [Accepted: 11/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS Trans-spinal polarization was recently introduced as a means to improve deficient spinal functions. However, only a few attempts have been made to examine the mechanisms underlying DC actions. We have now examined the effects of DC on two spinal modulatory systems, presynaptic inhibition and post-activation depression, considering whether they might weaken exaggerated spinal reflexes and enhance excessively weakened ones. Direct current effects were evoked by using local intraspinal DC application (0.3-0.4 μA) in deeply anaesthetized rats and were compared with the effects of trans-spinal polarization (0.8-1.0 mA). Effects of local intraspinal DC were found to be polarity dependent, as locally applied cathodal polarization enhanced presynaptic inhibition and post-activation depression, whereas anodal polarization weakened them. In contrast, both cathodal and anodal trans-spinal polarization facilitated them. The results suggest some common DC-sensitive mechanisms of presynaptic inhibition and post-activation depression, because both were facilitated or depressed by DC in parallel. ABSTRACT Direct current (DC) polarization has been demonstrated to alleviate the effects of various deficits in the operation of the central nervous system. However, the effects of trans-spinal DC stimulation (tsDCS) have been investigated less extensively than the effects of transcranial DC stimulation, and their cellular mechanisms have not been elucidated. The main objectives of this study were, therefore, to extend our previous analysis of DC effects on the excitability of primary afferents and synaptic transmission by examining the effects of DC on two spinal modulatory feedback systems, presynaptic inhibition and post-activation depression, in an anaesthetized rat preparation. Other objectives were to compare the effects of locally and trans-spinally applied DC (locDC and tsDCS). Local polarization at the sites of terminal branching of afferent fibres was found to induce polarity-dependent actions on presynaptic inhibition and post-activation depression, as cathodal locDC enhanced them and anodal locDC depressed them. In contrast, tsDCS modulated presynaptic inhibition and post-activation depression in a polarity-independent fashion because both cathodal and anodal tsDCS facilitated them. The results show that the local presynaptic actions of DC might counteract both excessively strong and excessively weak monosynaptic actions of group Ia and cutaneous afferents. However, they indicate that trans-spinally applied DC might counteract the exaggerated spinal reflexes but have an adverse effect on pathologically weakened spinal activity by additional presynaptic weakening. The results are also relevant for the analysis of the basic properties of presynaptic inhibition and post-activation depression because they indicate that some common DC-sensitive mechanisms contribute to them.
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- D Kaczmarek
- Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Neurobiology, Poznań University of Physical Education, Poznań, Poland.,Department of Biochemistry, Poznań University of Physical Education, Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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Andrews JC, Stein RB, Jones KE, Hedden DM, Mahood JK, Moreau MJ, Huang EM, Roy FD. Intraoperative spinal cord monitoring using low intensity transcranial stimulation to remove post-activation depression of the H-reflex. Clin Neurophysiol 2016; 127:3378-84. [PMID: 27590206 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2016.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Revised: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 08/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether low intensity transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) can be used to condition post-activation depression of the H-reflex and simultaneously monitor the integrity of spinal motor pathways during spinal deformity correction surgery. METHODS In 20 pediatric patients undergoing corrective surgery for spinal deformity, post-activation depression of the medial gastrocnemius H-reflex was initiated by delivering two pulses 50-125ms apart, and the second H-reflex was conditioned by TES. RESULTS Low intensity TES caused no visible shoulder or trunk movements during 19/20 procedures and the stimulation reduced post-activation depression of the H-reflex. The interaction was present in 20/20 patients and did not diminish throughout the surgical period. In one case, the conditioning effect was lost within minutes of the disappearance of the lower extremity motor evoked potentials. CONCLUSION Post-activation depression was used to detect the arrival of a subthreshold motor evoked potential at the lower motor neuron. The interaction produced minimal movement within the surgical field and remained stable throughout the surgical period. SIGNIFICANCE This is the first use of post-activation depression during intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring to directly assess the integrity of descending spinal motor pathways.
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- Jennifer C Andrews
- Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
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Danner SM, Krenn M, Hofstoetter US, Toth A, Mayr W, Minassian K. Body Position Influences Which Neural Structures Are Recruited by Lumbar Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0147479. [PMID: 26797502 PMCID: PMC4721643 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2015] [Accepted: 01/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Transcutaneous stimulation of the human lumbosacral spinal cord is used to evoke spinal reflexes and to neuromodulate altered sensorimotor function following spinal cord injury. Both applications require the reliable stimulation of afferent posterior root fibers. Yet under certain circumstances, efferent anterior root fibers can be co-activated. We hypothesized that body position influences the preferential stimulation of sensory or motor fibers. Stimulus-triggered responses to transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation were recorded using surface-electromyography from quadriceps, hamstrings, tibialis anterior, and triceps surae muscles in 10 individuals with intact nervous systems in the supine, standing and prone positions. Single and paired (30-ms inter-stimulus intervals) biphasic stimulation pulses were applied through surface electrodes placed on the skin between the T11 and T12 inter-spinous processes referenced to electrodes on the abdomen. The paired stimulation was applied to evaluate the origin of the evoked electromyographic response; trans-synaptic responses would be suppressed whereas direct efferent responses would almost retain their amplitude. We found that responses to the second stimulus were decreased to 14%±5% of the amplitude of the response to the initial pulse in the supine position across muscles, to 30%±5% in the standing, and to only 80%±5% in the prone position. Response thresholds were lowest during standing and highest in the prone position and response amplitudes were largest in the supine and smallest in the prone position. The responses obtained in the supine and standing positions likely resulted from selective stimulation of sensory fibers while concomitant motor-fiber stimulation occurred in the prone position. We assume that changes of root-fiber paths within the generated electric field when in the prone position increase the stimulation thresholds of posterior above those of anterior root fibers. Thus, we recommend conducting spinal reflex or neuromodulation studies with subjects lying supine or in an upright position, as in standing or stepping.
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- Simon M. Danner
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
- Institute for Analysis and Scientific Computing, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- * E-mail:
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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