Spinal cord

01 19 October 2026

DOI 10.1038/s41393-026-01282-2

Reply to Butler and colleagues: sham design, parameter optimization, and the evolution of evidence in transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation

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James D. Guest, Chet T. Moritz

02 19 October 2026

DOI 10.1038/s41393-026-01283-1

Ethical issues in trial design for tSCS: the need for methodological rigor

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Martin E. Héroux, Elizabeth A. Bye, Zoë J. Djajadikarta et al.

03 15 October 2026

DOI 10.1038/s41393-026-01246-6

Exploring self-efficacy – associations with secondary health conditions in the finnish spinal cord injury population: a national registry-based cross-sectional study

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Vesa-Matti Kuittinen, Eerika Koskinen, Jari Arokoski et al.

Study design: Registry-based cross-sectional survey. Objectives: To assess self-efficacy (SE) for managing symptoms and examine the association between SE and secondary health conditions (SHCs) among individuals with spinal cord injury (...

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04 14 October 2026

DOI 10.1038/s41393-026-01284-0

Development and validation of a patient-reported checklist for dermatological complications in chronic spinal cord injury

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Homayoon Khaledian, Pantea Bozorg Savoji, Ali Heidari Roochi et al.

05 14 October 2026

DOI 10.1038/s41393-026-01235-9

Timing of sacral pressure injury development during acute care after traumatic spinal cord injury: a prospective study of 142 patients

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Philippe Thomassin, Andréane Richard-Denis, Pascal Mputu Mputu et al.

06 12 October 2026

DOI 10.1038/s41393-026-01286-y

Mapping the discourse on neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury: A signal-generation natural language processing study of Reddit communities

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Ravi Shankar, Qian Xu

Study Design: Cross-sectional natural language processing (NLP) study of publicly available Reddit data. Objectives: To map the thematic structure and affective tone of neuropathic pain discourse among Reddit users self-identifying with ...

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07 12 October 2026

DOI 10.1038/s41393-026-01285-z

Autonomic function and signal complexity reflect level and severity of traumatic spinal cord injury

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Modar Alhamdan, Linus Tegenborg Sjöström, Anders Hånell et al.

Study design: Observational single-centre cohort study. Objectives: To investigate heart rate variability (HRV), baroreflex sensitivity (BRS), and signal complexity (SC) and their relationships with neurological injury level and severity...

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08 11 October 2026

DOI 10.1038/s41393-026-01281-3

Characterizing ambulation potential following acute traumatic spinal cord injury: a populational cohort study on 1209 patients

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Antoine Dionne, Andréane Richard-Denis, Rémi Pelletier-Roy et al.

Population cohort study. Propose a new paradigm of using a descriptive approach - rather than a predictive tool - to estimate the ambulation potential after traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI). 30 trauma and rehabilitation centers across...

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09 30 September 2026

DOI 10.1038/s41393-026-01280-4

Feasibility and exploratory outcomes of the COMPANION eHealth tool for the wellbeing of family caregivers of individuals with spinal cord injury

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Somayyeh Mohammadi, David G. T. Whitehurst, Julie M. Robillard et al.

Study Design Feasibility randomized controlled trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT06364813). Objectives To evaluate the feasibility of the COMPANION eHealth tool, designed to support the well-being of family caregivers of individua...

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10 29 September 2026

DOI 10.1038/s41393-026-01279-x

Spending nights away from home and pain in people with spinal cord injury: evidence from a bidirectional longitudinal analysis

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Ruiping Ren, Shu Cole, Misty Hawkins

Study design: Retrospective longitudinal cohort study using lagged mixed-effects models. Objective: To examine the bidirectional longitudinal association between spending nights away from home and pain severity among individuals with spi...

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