U.S., Oct. 7 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07208188) titled 'tESCS for Upper Limb Rehab in Spinal Cord Injury' on Sept. 01.
Brief Summary: Regaining hand and arm function is an important step towards regaining independence following high-level spinal cord injury (tetraplegia). The delivery of small electrical pulses over the skin above the spinal cord, called transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (tESCS), appears to improve the arm and hand function of people who have had tetraplegia for several years when delivered at the same time as upper limb therapy. However, tESCS has not been tested in people who have a new spinal cord injury. It should be straightforward to deliver tESCS during standa...