Evolutionary trend of tibial ssep in traumatic incomplete spinal cord injury

Background & Purpose: Neuro-rehabilitative and restorative therapies have emerged as a promising tool in recovery of spinal cord injuries. Comprehensive program can modulate the spinal excitability and help in yielding desired results. A handful of studies on humans has surged the interest in this field. Other than the expensive tools available for tapping plasticity changes in CNS some other tools like evoked potential have been found to be equally satisfactory. Evoked potentials could be useful prognostic, longitudinal monitoring and CNS remodelling tools. Case description: This case study is an attempt to determine the progression of sensory evoked potential in traumatic SCI patient. Intervention: Patient underwent a specifically designed protocol of 24 weeks (Activity Based Therapy & Surface Spinal Stimulation) for enhancing function and locomotion in patient with incomplete SCI. Outcome measures: ASIA motor scores for lower extremity, light touch and pin prick as neurological, SSEP as tool for CNS plasticity changes and SCI-FAI as a tool for functional outcome measure were used. Discussion: During the 24 weeks neuro-rehabilitative program the scores of ASIA, WISCI-II and SCI-FAI changed along with changes in t SSEP.