Enhancing Corticospinal Activation for Improved Walking Function

About this trial

This rehabilitation trial is recruiting individuals with chronic, incomplete spinal cord injuries to test whether non-invasive, painless electrical brain stimulation (transcranial direct current stimulation -tDCS)) during training.will impact walking. Researchers want to see if brain stimulation has the potential to improve communication between the brain and spinal cord, and thus improve walking. Participants will have electrodes placed on the head that stimulate the brain during 3 motor training sessions. Each will be randomly assigned to either train with the stimulation turned on or with a sham (inactive placebo) stimulation. Neither participant nor tester will know if the stimulation or the placebo is used. Assessments will include walking function, spasticity, and ankle strength.