April N. Herrity

TL;DR: Findings further corroborate that scES has an all-encompassing potential to increase the central state of excitability, allowing for the control of multiple body functions, including the urological system.

TL;DR: The results suggest that an appropriate level of sensory information provided to the spinal cord, generated through task-specific stepping and/or loading, can positively benefit the neural circuitries controlling urogenital and bowel functions.

TL;DR: Novel findings, improving non-locomotor in addition to locomotor functions, demonstrate that step training post-SCI could contribute to multiple quality of life gains, targeting patient-centered high priority deficits.

TL;DR: Evidence is demonstrated for vagal innervation of the bladder and colon and it is suggested that dichotomizing vagal afferents may provide a neural mechanism for cross‐talk between the organs.

TL;DR: Metabolic cage frequency-volume measurements of voiding and cystometry reveal an impact of exercise training on multiple SCI-induced impairments related to various aspects of urinary tract function and underscores the health benefit of activity-based training on the entire urinary system within the SCI population.