The purpose of this study is to learn whether stimulation applied to the spinal cord through the skin (called transcutaneous spinal stimulation) can help control blood pressure in people with a spinal cord injury.
The main questions this study attempts to solve:
1. What are the immediate effects of spinal cord transcutaneous stimulation on BP? 2. Does stimulation produce lasting improvements in BP regulation and subsequently, daily function?
Individuals with a SCI ≥ 1 year after injury
Injury level ≥ T6 (thoracic level)
AIS grade A-C
Persistent hypotension (SBP < 90mmHg)
Current illness (e.g., infection, a pressure injury that might interfere with the intervention)
Ventilator-dependent
History of implanted brain/spine/nerve stimulators
Cardiac pacemaker/defibrillator or intra-cardiac lines
Kessler Foundation
Lead sponsor
Montclair State University
Collaborator