BIDMC awarded NIH grant to study new SCI treatment
Sept 3, 2013 14:39:29 GMT -8
Post by DJ on Sept 3, 2013 14:39:29 GMT -8
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate the use of a new noninvasive neurophysiologic intervention for the treatment of patients with spinal cord injuries.
Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD, Director of BIDMC's Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, will serve as Co-Principal Investigator of the two-year $525,824 grant, together with Dylan Edwards, PhD, of the Burke Medical Research Institute/Weill Cornell Medical College. Mar Cortes, MD, will be a key investigator overseeing the protocol implementation and bridging the two study sites at BIDMC and Burke.
Spinal Associative Stimulation (SAS) is a noninvasive therapy that combines transcranial magnetic stimultation (TMS) and peripheral nerve stimulation to help bolster rehabilitation in patients with incomplete spinal cord injuries. SAS works by engaging and strengthening residual undamaged spinal-cord fibers—present in many of even the most severely injured patients—to increase voluntary activation of weakened muscles.
Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD, Director of BIDMC's Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, will serve as Co-Principal Investigator of the two-year $525,824 grant, together with Dylan Edwards, PhD, of the Burke Medical Research Institute/Weill Cornell Medical College. Mar Cortes, MD, will be a key investigator overseeing the protocol implementation and bridging the two study sites at BIDMC and Burke.
Spinal Associative Stimulation (SAS) is a noninvasive therapy that combines transcranial magnetic stimultation (TMS) and peripheral nerve stimulation to help bolster rehabilitation in patients with incomplete spinal cord injuries. SAS works by engaging and strengthening residual undamaged spinal-cord fibers—present in many of even the most severely injured patients—to increase voluntary activation of weakened muscles.
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