educate - Spinal Cord Injury - SCI
Spinal Cord Injury Applications listed by Category There are a variety of applications which are listed below by category. Prior to considering any new therapy, treatment or device, a proper evaluation should be conducted with a knowledgeable medical professional. There are health, medical and financial risks. Out of pocket costs and available insurance coverage for any treatment must be considered prior to starting a protocol. Finally, this is an evolving field of science and technology development this page is updated on a periodic basis.
Acute Spinal Cord Injury - Just after the injury
Breathing & Cough Assistance
Hand Grasp & Rehab for Upper Extremities
Pain & Spasticity Management
- Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.: Renew, Genesis, GenesisXP
- Boston Scientific Neuromodulation: Precision Plus System
- Care Rehab: Care TENS, Care STIM, Care IFC
- Medtronic, Inc. (Spinal Cord Stimulation): RestoreULTRA, RestoreADVANCED, PrimeADVANCED
- Medtronic, Inc. (ITB): PTM, SynchroMed II
- Biowave: Percutaneous Neuromodulation Pain Therapy
- Dynatronics Corporation: Dynatron STS Rx
- Electromedical Products International: Alpha Stim
- Empi, Inc.: Epix VT, Hybresis, IF 3WAVE, Infinity Plus, ProMax, Select TENS, Vectra Genisys Laser
- Medical Science Products: MSP TENS, Microcurrent Stimulator, EZ STIM TENS, Electric Muscle Stimulator
- Neuros Medical: Nerve Block
- RS Medical: RS-4i Sequential Stimulation, RS-2i, RS-TENS Plus
Bladder Management
Sexual Function
Pressure Sore Prevention & Wound Therapy
Assisted Standing & Ambulation Systems
Exercise & Rehabilitation Systems
- Advanced Fitness Components: SpinoFLEX
- Axiobionics, LLC.: Wearable Therapy
- Care Rehab: Care EMG, Care ETS
- Columbia Scientific LLC: The Hand Mentor
- Hocoma: Lokomat, Armeo, Andago
- Neotonus, Inc.: NeoTone
- Quadriciser Corporation: Quadriciser
- RECK Technik Gmbh & Co KG: RehaMove, MOTOmed
- Restorative Therapies, Inc.: RT100, RT300
- Robomedica, Inc.: StepGain GRF
- RS Medical: RS-2m
- Therapeutic Alliances: REGYS, ERGYS, NeuroEDUCATOR, SpectroSTIM
- Zynex Medical, Inc.: NeuroMove
Other Applications
Clinical Trials There are many clinical trials being conducted in this area. Visit Clinical Trials.gov. Search terms with spinal cord injury and any of the following: electrical stimulation, neuromuscular stimulation, exercise, urinary, sexual function, walking, hand function, cough, respiratory.
Neurotechnology for Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Fact Sheet Created in collaboration with The National Spinal Cord Injury Association. The fact sheet divided into two parts. Part 1 provides an overview of neurotechnology and its applications to spinal cord injury. Part 2 provides a listing of the devices and therapies available and additional resources.
Click Here for Part 1 - Neurotechnology and Spinal Cord Injury: An Explanation
Click Here for Part 2 - Neurotechnology: Therapies, Devices and Product Applications
Stand by Me!
A chronicle of Jen French receiving the upgrade to an implanted neural prosthesis for spinal cord injury. This site contains journal entries from Jen during her pre-surgical preparation, surgery, recovery and rehabilitation with intermittent comments from the clinical team. Visit by clicking the image below.
FES Resource Guide
- Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) Resource Guide for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury or Multiple Sclerosis. Click here to download our PDF Guide.
This resource is provided courtesy of: The Cleveland FES Center, ABLEDATA, National Spinal Cord Injury Association, Buckeye Chapter of the PVA, the PVA Spinal Cord Injury Education and Training Foundation, and the Technical Review and Community Advisory Committees for the original FES Resource Guide.
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