TY - CHAP
T1 - Cycling with plantar stimulation increases cutaneomuscular-conditioned spinal excitability in subjects with incomplete spinal cord injury
AU - Piazza, Stefano
AU - Serrano-Muñoz, Diego
AU - Gómez-Soriano, Julio
AU - Torricelli, Diego
AU - Avila-Martin, Gerardo
AU - Galan-Arriero, Iriana
AU - Pons, Jose L
AU - Taylor, Julian
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This work is partially supported by: the Commission of the European Union, FP7-ICT-2013.2.1-611695 (BioMot). This work is partially supported by the Commission of the European Union, FP7-ICT-2013.2.1-611695 (BioMot), and the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación—Spain, CSD2009-00067 (Hyper).
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© Springer International Publishing AG 2017.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a rehabilitation exercise for people with incomplete Spinal Cord Injury (iSCI), based on cycling and combined afferent electrical stimulation (ES-cycling), to normalize spinal activity in response to a plantar cutaneous stimulation. We studied Soleus H-reflex excitability following ipsilateral plantar electrical stimulation applied at 25–100 ms inter-stimulus intervals (ISI’s), on 13 non-injured subjects and 10 subjects with iSCI. Reflexes were tested before and after a 10 min session of ES-cycling to evaluate the effects of the exercise. Plantar-conditioned H-reflex modulation increased in the iSCI group after ES-cycling, compared to the limited modulation observed before the exercise. Conversely, the non-injured group presented pronounced modulation both before and after the exercise. We conclude that ES-cycling improved plantar-conditioned spinal neuronal excitability in subjects with iSCI. Results could be used in the design of more effective leg-cycling therapies, to promote central neuroplasticity and rehabilitation in lower limb muscle activity following iSCI.
AB - The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a rehabilitation exercise for people with incomplete Spinal Cord Injury (iSCI), based on cycling and combined afferent electrical stimulation (ES-cycling), to normalize spinal activity in response to a plantar cutaneous stimulation. We studied Soleus H-reflex excitability following ipsilateral plantar electrical stimulation applied at 25–100 ms inter-stimulus intervals (ISI’s), on 13 non-injured subjects and 10 subjects with iSCI. Reflexes were tested before and after a 10 min session of ES-cycling to evaluate the effects of the exercise. Plantar-conditioned H-reflex modulation increased in the iSCI group after ES-cycling, compared to the limited modulation observed before the exercise. Conversely, the non-injured group presented pronounced modulation both before and after the exercise. We conclude that ES-cycling improved plantar-conditioned spinal neuronal excitability in subjects with iSCI. Results could be used in the design of more effective leg-cycling therapies, to promote central neuroplasticity and rehabilitation in lower limb muscle activity following iSCI.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-46669-9_7
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-46669-9_7
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85028321598
T3 - Biosystems and Biorobotics
SP - 33
EP - 37
BT - Biosystems and Biorobotics
PB - Springer International Publishing
ER -