Evidence for a human spinal stepping generator.
Flexion reflexes elicited by surface stimulation in spinal cord-injured man have been used to provide limb flexion in gait restoration. In this study, the pattern of the flexion reflexes observed in one subject supports the theory that a spinal stepping generator exists in man.
Nicol
D J
DJ
Department of Biological Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK.
Granat
M H
MH
Baxendale
R H
RH
Tuson
S J
SJ
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait; D006615:Hip / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D010543:Peroneal Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D012018:Reflex; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000628:therapy*