Corticospinal Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation Propelling Sensorimotor Function Recovery in Complete Spinal Cord Injury: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) is a noninvasive stimulation technique to induce neuronal and synaptic plasticity. The induced cortical plasticity is imperative in the recovery of motor and sensory functions. Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes damage to neurons and results in sensorimotor dysfunction.

Cortical intermittent theta burst stimulation and neurogenic bladder management after traumatic incomplete spinal cord injury: A case report.

Context: Neurogenic bladder is one of the major complications of spinal cord injury (SCI). Due to inadequate, ill-timed intervention, it can be lethal and lead to chronic case of renal calculus, renal failure or recurrent urinary tract infections. Intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) is a patterned, non-invasive transcranial magnetic stimulation procedure that can improve the functional status of patients with SCI by manipulating cortico-spinal plasticity.

Restoring initial steps by intermittent theta burst stimulation in complete spinal cord injury patient: a case report.

Introduction: Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes damage to neurons and results in motor and sensory dysfunction. Intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) has been used to induce neuronal and synaptic plasticity by applying a magnetic field in the brain. The plasticity induced in the cortex has an imperative role in the recovery of motor and sensory functioning.

Cortical intermittent theta burst stimulation on gait pathomechanics and urinary tract dysfunction in incomplete spinal cord injury patients: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Gait impairment and neurogenic bladder are co-existing common findings in incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI). Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), evident to be a promising strategy adjunct to physical rehabilitation to regain normal ambulation in SCI. However, there is a need to evaluate the role of Intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS), a type of patterned rTMS in restoring gait and neurogenic bladder in SCI patients.