Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: * Twenty two years of age or older * Able to undergo the informed consent/assent process * Stable, motor-complete SCI * Discrete SCI between C4 and C7 (upper extremity weakness) * ASIA A or B SCI Classification * Medically stable in the judgment of the PI * Intact segmental reflexes below the lesion of injury * Greater than 1 year since initial injury and at least 6 months from any required spinal instrumentation * Normal or corrected-to-normal vision to accurately perceive visual stimuli on the N-back task screen, and sufficient hearing ability to accurately perceive auditory stimuli during the task * Willing to attend all scheduled appointments Exclusion Criteria: * Diseases and conditions that would increase the morbidity and mortality of this surgery such as cardiopulmonary. * Individuals who require respiratory support, including ongoing or intermittent use of a ventilator and/or diaphragmatic pacer * Inability to withhold antiplatelet/anticoagulation agents perioperatively * Individuals who have history of recurrent autonomic dysreflexia in the judgment of the PI * Significant dysautonomia that would prohibit rehabilitation or any history of cerebrovascular accident or myocardial infarction associated with autonomic dysreflexia. A single tilt table test with syncope, presyncope, or SBP \< 50 or \> 200 * Failure to exhibit cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction on tilt table testing * Other conditions that would make the subject unable to participate in testing/rehabilitation in the judgment of the PI * Patients who have participated in another study within the last 12 months in which they have received fluoroscopic or other related radiation exposure * Current and anticipated need for opioid pain medications or pain that would prevent full participation in the program in the judgment of the PI * Clinically significant mental illness in the judgment of the PI * Treatment with botulinum toxin, intrathecal baclofen pump, and antispasmodics will not be permitted unless discussed with and approved by the study PI * Patients with a history of significant depression or drug abuse * Volitional movements present during EMG testing in bilateral lower extremities * Unhealed spinal fracture * Presence of significant contracture with loss of greater than two-thirds range of motion * Presence of pressure ulcers * Current Pregnancy