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This study shows a new device improved hand function and reduced numbness in cervical spinal cord injury patients. The device also altered brainwave activity, suggesting support for sensorimotor recovery.

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  • Neuroscience
  • Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Biomedical Engineering

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  • Cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) often impairs hand sensorimotor function.
  • Assessing functional recovery requires evaluating sensory and motor changes, including brain activity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate a tactile-discrimination compensatory real-time feedback device for hand sensorimotor function in SCI patients.
  • To assess the device's impact on hand numbness, dexterity, and electroencephalogram (EEG) gamma-wave activity.

Main Methods:

  • A multiple-baseline design with an AB (intervention vs. no intervention) phase was used for three SCI patients.
  • Daily measurements included hand numbness (numerical rating scale), dexterity (peg test), and EEG.
  • Tau-U calculations were performed to determine intervention efficacy.

Main Results:

  • Two of three patients showed significant reduction in hand numbness.
  • All patients demonstrated large improvements in dexterity (peg test).
  • EEG showed altered gamma-wave power in the sensorimotor cortex, differing between skilled and non-skilled movements.

Conclusions:

  • Damage to central nervous system afferent pathways may impair predictive control and sensory feedback alignment.
  • The real-time feedback device shows promise in supporting functional recovery of hand sensorimotor deficits after SCI.