Spinal Cord Injury Research

This study explores how access to public transportation impacts the lives of people with spinal cord injury. This information will be used to improve existing strategies to meet the needs of public transportation users living with disabilities.

This study explores social, cultural, emotional, and environmental factors that impact wheelchair breakdowns and repairs.

This study evaluates the usefulness of an upper extremity assistive device called MyoPro in improving upper extremity activities in people with incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI).

This study evaluates the usefulness of combining an assistive device called MyoPro with visual and touch (haptic) feedback to improve performance of hand and arm activities in people with incomplete spinal cord injury.

This study explores a new set of hands-free tests that will assess ability to learn new information and how quickly participants process information. These new tests use a system that measures the movement of your eye (an "eye tracking system") to record responses to various thinking tasks.

This study aims to expand the knowledge and capacity for neuromodulation to improve the debilitating effects of severe spasticity (spasms, tonic muscle activity and/or clonus) in persons with spinal cord injury.

This study demonstrates that epidural stimulation may be a method for improving stepping, standing and bladder function in people with spinal cord injury. This type of stimulation is given near the spinal cord through a device that is placed inside the body during a surgery.

This study evaluates the effects of epidural stimulation of the spinal cord and task-specific training on motor control, cardiovascular and respiratory functions, bowel, bladder, and sexual function in individuals with spinal cord injury.

This study aims to understand the safety and practicality of providing stimulation to the spinal cord through the skin (referred to as "transcutaneous stimulation") in people who are receiving inpatient rehabilitation.

This study examines the use of spinal stimulation applied through the skin (referred to as transcutaneous spinal stimulation) in treating orthostatic hypotension (a drop in blood pressure when moving from lying flat on your back to an upright position) in individuals with a recently acquired spin

This study investigates how standing and sitting balance control is altered after spinal cord injury and how a new type of robotic assistive device may be used to improve muscle function.

This study tests whether a cognitive training program can improve the speed at which people with acute traumatic spinal cord injury process information.

This study is fully remote and does not require any in-person visits.

This study evaluates the effects of epidural stimulation of the spinal cord on cardiovascular (blood pressure regulation) function, voluntary movement of the legs and trunk, and standing/weight bearing in individuals with spinal cord injury.

Study seeks to understand how the combination of upper extremity activity-based recovery training (UE-ABRT) and targeted spinal cord transcutaneous (through the skin) stimulation can improve participants’ ability to use their hand, arms, and trunk.

Study examines the use of spinal stimulation applied through the skin (referred to as transcutaneous spinal stimulation) in treating orthostatic hypotension (a drop in blood pressure when moving from lying flat on your back to an upright position) in individuals with a spinal cord injury.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a new treatment for spasticity called extracorporeal shockwave therapy.

The purpose of this study is to determine the forces on the hips, knees, and ankle joints while participating in exoskeleton-assisted sit-to-stand training protocol as well as exoskeleton-assisted walking (EAW) in the ReWalk, Indego, and Ekso devices.

The purpose of this study is to look at the usefulness of an internet program called Workout on Wheels (WOWII) to promote exercise and health for people with chronic SCI.

This study is completely remote and does not require in-person visits. 

The purpose of this study is to determine the usefulness of taking Romosozumab for 1 year compared to a placebo (salt solution) followed by 1 year of Denosumab in those who had a spinal cord injury longer than 3 years.

The purpose of this study is to compare Romosozumab for 12 months followed by Denosumab for 12 months vs. 24 months of Denosumab in persons with spinal cord injury less than 6 months prior to enrollment.

The purpose of this research study is to learn more about how patterns of brain activity change during different thinking tasks and how these changes relate to the intensity and unpleasantness of the neuropathic pain experienced. 

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness and safety of "Mirabegron" compared to "Oxybutynin IR" for a condition called neurogenic detrusor overactivity in individuals with SCI .

The purpose of this research is to examine the effectiveness of back or spine stimulation while walking on a treadmill or walking over ground using an exoskeleton or on muscle activation while sitting on a chair.

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether combining training of the affected upper limbs in patients with SCI with a noninvasive technique of brain stimulation called transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can improve training outcomes.

Researchers are looking at the assistive technology used by individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) and those with diagnoses that affect the spinal cord.

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of two different treatments for chronic shoulder pain in people with spinal cord injury (SCI).