A5081962060- Spinal Cord Injury Research
- Muscle activation and electromyography studies
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
- Motor Control and Adaptation
University of Birmingham
2022-2025
Many individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI) exhibit reduced volitional control of trunk muscles, such as impaired voluntary contractions the erector spinae (ES), due to damage neural pathways regulating sensorimotor function. Studies using conventional bipolar electromyography (EMG) showed alterations in overall, or global, activation muscles people SCI. However, how varied across specific regions within ES, referred regional activation, remains unknown. The aim study was...
To establish intra- and inter-session reliability of high-density surface electromyography (HDEMG)-derived parameters from the thoracic erector spinae (ES) during static dynamic goal-directed voluntary movements trunk, functional reaching tasks.Twenty participants performed: 1) trunk extension, 2) forward lateral flexion, 3) multidirectional tasks on two occasions separated by 7.5 ± 1.2 days. Muscle activity was recorded bilaterally ES. Root mean square (RMS), coordinates barycentre,...
Abstract Arm cycling is used for cardiorespiratory rehabilitation but its therapeutic effects on the neural control of trunk after spinal cord injury (SCI) remain unclear. We investigated single session arm corticospinal excitability, and feasibility home-based exercise training volitional erector spinae (ES) in individuals with incomplete SCI. Using transcranial magnetic stimulation, we assessed motor evoked potentials (MEPs) ES before 30 min 15 SCI able-bodied controls (Experiment 1). Both...
Abstract Arm cycling is used for cardiorespiratory rehabilitation but its therapeutic effects on the neural control of trunk after spinal cord injury (SCI) remain unclear. We investigated single session arm corticospinal excitability, and feasibility home-based exercise training volitional erector spinae (ES) in individuals with incomplete SCI. Using transcranial magnetic stimulation, we assessed motor evoked potentials (MEPs) ES before 30 minutes 15 SCI able-bodied controls (Experiment 1)....