Virtual prototyping of non-invasive spinal cord electrical stimulation targeting upper limb motor function
Abdallah Alashqar, Nabila Brihmat, Vincent Gemar, Zhaoshun Hu, Seong-Ryong Koh, Sandra Diaz-Pier, Roberto M. de Freitas, Atsushi Sasaki, Matija Milosevic, Rodolfo Keesey, Ismael Seáñez, Esra Neufeld, Hélène Cassoudesalle, Ursula S. Hofstoetter, Karen Minassian, , Andreas Rowald
The paper develops a computational model to simulate tSCS effects on motor function, finding that somatosensory afferents have lower thresholds than motor efferents, and that anode placement and waveform type influence recruitment patterns.
bioRxiv · Jan 24, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience