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Many individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI) exhibit reduced volitional control of trunk muscles, such as impaired voluntary contractions of the erector spinae (ES), due to damage to the neural pathways regulating sensorimotor function. Studies using conventional bipolar electromyography (EMG) showed alterations in the overall, or global, activation of the trunk muscles in people with SCI. However, how activation varied across specific regions within the ES, referred to as regional activation, remains unknown. The aim of the study was to investigate the regional distribution of the ES activity below the level of injury in individuals with incomplete SCI during postural tasks and multidirectional reaching tasks using high-density EMG. Twenty-one individuals with incomplete SCI and age-matched controls were recruited. The EMG amplitude of the thoracic ES and displacement of the arm, trunk, and center of pressure were recorded during the tasks. Activation was more in the lower region of the ES in individuals with SCI than in the controls during the postural tasks. In addition, activation was limited to a small area of the ES during the reaching tasks. The EMG amplitude was greater during reaching forward than returning to the upright posture in the controls; however, this phase-dependent difference in the EMG amplitude was not present in individuals with SCI. Our findings demonstrate changes in regional activation of the thoracic ES during postural and reaching tasks, likely reflecting injury-induced changes in selective neural control to activate residual muscle fibers of the ES for postural control and function after SCI. We demonstrate that individuals with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI) recruit lower part of the thoracic erector spinae (ES) for postural control of the trunk. We also show that activation was restricted in a smaller part of the ES, and the discrete control of the ES was lost during functional reaching movements in individuals with SCI. Our study provides evidence of alterations in neural control between vertebral levels in individuals with SCI.
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