Combined activity-based therapy and transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation as an intensification and supplemental approach for upper limb sensorimotor recovery: a randomised controlled trial protocol for in-patients with subacute spinal cord injury

Marika Demers, Nicolas Hoang Quang, Lucie Chesné, Sujata Sinha, Nancy Dubé, Héloïse Bourgeois, Diana Zidarov, El-Mehdi Meftah, Anne-Charlotte Desbarbieux, Julie Restout, Nok-Yeung Law, Amedeo Ceglia, Dorothy Barthélemy

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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-117320
Published: 2026-08
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@article{allodium:10.1136/bmjopen-2026-117320,
  title = {Combined activity-based therapy and transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation as an intensification and supplemental approach for upper limb sensorimotor recovery: a randomised controlled trial protocol for in-patients with subacute spinal cord injury},
  author = {Marika Demers and Nicolas Hoang Quang and Lucie Chesné and Sujata Sinha and Nancy Dubé and Héloïse Bourgeois and Diana Zidarov and El-Mehdi Meftah and Anne-Charlotte Desbarbieux and Julie Restout and Nok-Yeung Law and Amedeo Ceglia and Dorothy Barthélemy},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {BMJ Open},
  doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2026-117320},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2026-117320}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Combined activity-based therapy and transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation as an intensification and supplemental approach for upper limb sensorimotor recovery: a randomised controlled trial protocol for in-patients with subacute spinal cord injury
AU  - Marika Demers
AU  - Nicolas Hoang Quang
AU  - Lucie Chesné
AU  - Sujata Sinha
AU  - Nancy Dubé
AU  - Héloïse Bourgeois
AU  - Diana Zidarov
AU  - El-Mehdi Meftah
AU  - Anne-Charlotte Desbarbieux
AU  - Julie Restout
AU  - Nok-Yeung Law
AU  - Amedeo Ceglia
AU  - Dorothy Barthélemy
PY  - 2026
JO  - BMJ Open
DO  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-117320
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2026-117320
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Demers, M., Quang, N. H., Chesné, L., Sinha, S., Dubé, N., Bourgeois, H., Zidarov, D., Meftah, E., Desbarbieux, A., Restout, J., Law, N., Ceglia, A., & Barthélemy, D. (2026). Combined activity-based therapy and transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation as an intensification and supplemental approach for upper limb sensorimotor recovery: a randomised controlled trial protocol for in-patients with subacute spinal cord injury. BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2026-117320

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