Neuromodulation After Spinal Cord Injury to Improve Limb Function
State University of New York at Buffalo
60 participants
Apr 10, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
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.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria2
- 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 Criteria8
- 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
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Interventions
Intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) will be utilized since they have been reported to have a cortical neuromodulatory effect. The iTBS protocol will be applied over primary motor cortex to investigate its effect on corticospinal excitability and functional outcome. Theta burst stimulation (TBS) consists of bursts of pulses containing 3 pulses at 50 Hz (3 pulses per second) repeated at 200 ms intervals (5 Hz). During iTBS, a 2 second train of TBS is repeated every 10 seconds (600 pulses in 190 seconds).
Sham iTBS protocols will be applied with the same parameters as in iTBS protocol. However, sham coil will be used.
The motor training will be focused on participant's hand motor function such as grasping function.
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NCT06815601