At-Home Delivery of Vagus Nerve Stimulation Paired With Task-Specific Training Improves Performance of High-Priority Activities in Persons With Chronic Spinal Cord Injury or Stroke
The observed gains are clinically meaningful and suggest a reduction in the functional burden of injury, which has the potential to improve independence and reduce reliance on caregivers. These initial results are sufficient to justify a randomized, sham-controlled study to evaluate whether vagus nerve stimulation during task-specific training can improve task performance and independence.
Authors
- Joseph Epperson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6430-8472)
- Kaitlyn M. Malley
- David Pruitt
- Joel M. Wright
- Emmanuel A. Adehunoluwa
- Saeid Kian
- Benjamin T. Stanislav
- Spencer Dunbar
- Zachary S. Bynum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8620-2444)
- Chad Swank
- Jane G. Wigginton
- Michael P. Kilgard
- Seth A. Hays
- Robert L. Rennaker
Institutions
- The University of Texas at Dallas (US)
- Baylor Medical Center at Garland (US)
- University of North Texas at Dallas (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Published
- 2026-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/phm.0000000000002784
- Primary Topic
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00