Université de Fribourg

Configuration of electrical spinal cord stimulation through real-time processing of gait kinematics

Capogrosso, Marco ; Wagner, Fabien B. ; Gandar, Jerome ; Moraud, Eduardo Martin ; Wenger, Nikolaus ; Milekovic, Tomislav ; Shkorbatova, Polina ; Pavlova, Natalia ; Musienko, Pavel ; Bezard, Erwan ; Bloch, Jocelyne ; Courtine, Grégoire

In: Nature Protocols, 2018, vol. 13, no. 9, p. 2031–2061

Epidural electrical stimulation (EES) of the spinal cord and real-time processing of gait kinematics are powerful methods for the study of locomotion and the improvement of motor control after injury or in neurological disorders. Here, we describe equipment and surgical procedures that can be used to acquire chronic electromyographic (EMG) recordings from leg muscles and to implant targeted...