Impact of High‐Definition Cathodal tDCS Preconditioning on Enhancing the Therapeutic Efficacy of iTBS Combined With FES for Improving Walking Function in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Huian Chen, Chunya Xia, Weitao Yao, Xuyan Ren, Chengcheng Zhang, Yingjie Fan, Jiaqi Wang, Dejing Cheng, Zelin Su, Huan Du, Yaobo Liu, Min Su · 2026
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Huian Chen and eleven co-authors stack three stimulation therapies to help injured spinal cords walk again in a 2026 trial. Electric pulses to the muscles and magnetic bursts to the brain each help on their own. A gentle direct current applied first might prime the brain to answer the bursts more strongly.
Sixty-four people with incomplete cord injury were randomized to real or sham priming, then all received the burst and muscle therapies five days a week for four weeks. Leg strength scores led the outcome list, joined by movement quality, balance, independence, and walking grades. Muscle signal readings rounded out the picture. The design isolates exactly what the priming adds.
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| CREATOR | Huian Chen, Chunya Xia, Weitao Yao, Xuyan Ren, Chengcheng Zhang, Yingjie Fan, Jiaqi Wang, Dejing Cheng, Zelin Su, Huan Du, Yaobo Liu, Min Su |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |