PURPOSE To characterize the MR findings in children with spastic tetraplegia by gestational age at birth and perinatal history. METHODS Thirty-four children, 19 boys and 15 girls, with spastic tetraplegia whose brain damage occurred in the prenatal or perinatal period were included in the study. Eighteen were born at term or later and 16 were premature. Axial proton density- and T2-weighted i...

Citation: Colachis SC IV, Bockbrader MA, Zhang M, Friedenberg DA, Annetta NV, Schwemmer MA, Skomrock ND, Mysiw WJ, Rezai AR, Bresler HS and Sharma G (2018) Dexterous Control of Seven Functional Hand Movements Using Cortically-Controlled Transcutaneous Muscle Stimulation in a Person With Tetraplegia. Front. Neurosci. 12:208. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00208 Dexterous Control of Seven Functional Han...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether the risk profile of coronary heart disease (CHD) is more favorable in physically active men with tetraplegia compared with sedentary men with tetraplegia. DESIGN Using a cross-sectional design, the lipid and (apo)lipoprotein concentrations of 11 active and 13 sedentary men with tetraplegia were compared. Regression analysis was applied to investigate the influ...

Twenty-six wheelchair users with spinal cord injuries participated in this cross-sectional, repeated-measures study. The objective was to investigate differences in wrist joint forces and motions between users with paraplegia and tetraplegia during overground propulsion. A secondary objective was to evaluate group differences over surfaces and speeds experienced in the built environment. Partic...

BACKGROUND Severe impairment of the major respiratory muscles resulting from tetraplegia reduces respiratory function, causing many people with tetraplegia to require mechanical ventilation during the acute stage of injury. Abdominal Functional Electrical Stimulation (AFES) can improve respiratory function in non-ventilated patients with sub-acute and chronic tetraplegia. The aim of this study ...

BACKGROUND One of the key challenges of the biomedical cyber-physical system is to combine cognitive neuroscience with the integration of physical systems to assist people with disabilities. Electroencephalography (EEG) has been explored as a non-invasive method of providing assistive technology by using brain electrical signals. METHODS This paper presents a unique prototype of a hybrid brai...

The majority of otherwise healthy subjects with chronic cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) demonstrate airway hyperresponsiveness to aerosolized methacholine or histamine. The present study was performed to determine whether ultrasonically nebulized distilled water (UNDW) induces airway hyperresponsiveness and to further elucidate potential mechanisms in this population. Fifteen subjects with SC...

Individuals with cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) that causes tetraplegia are challenged with dramatic sensorimotor deficits. However, certain rehabilitation techniques may significantly enhance their autonomy by restoring reach-to-grasp movements. Among others, evidence of motor imagery (MI) benefits for neurological rehabilitation of upper limb movements is growing. This literature review ad...

The aim of this study was to compare spastic diplegic and tetraplegic cerebral palsy. Thirty-eight children had spastic diplegic cerebral palsy and 48 spastic tetraplegic cerebral palsy. Risk factors of cerebral palsy, seizures, severity of cerebral palsy, electroencephalogram, and magnetic resonance imaging findings were analyzed. Gestational history, low birth weight, and perinatal pathologie...