Non-invasive Spinal Stimulation Enables Paralyzed People to Stand Unassisted

Following this treatment, all the participants could maintain an upright standing position either independently or with minimal external assistance applied to the knees or hips, using their hands for upper body balance as needed. The quality of their balance control improved with continued training. When the participants shifted their weight while standing, high levels of leg muscle activity emerged that depended on the amount of muscle loading. These findings suggest that the non-invasive stimulation therapy can modulate the spinal circuitry into a physiological state that enables sensory inputs during weight-bearing to serve as a primary source of neural control to maintain externally unassisted upright posture and balance. Sayenko has recently began collaborating with Niche Biomedical to initiate a sponsored clinical trial evaluating the effects of spinal stimulation on upper limb function in individuals with spinal cord injury. Niche Biomedical is a multi-disciplinary bioelectronics medical device company focused on developing neuromodulatory technologies to address chronic conditions that have previously defied conventional medical treatment.