Needs, priorities, and attitudes of individuals with spinal cord injury toward nerve stimulation devices for bladder and bowel function: a survey.
Dennis J BourbeauAbby BolonGraham CreaseyWei DaiBill FertigJennifer FrenchTara JejiAnita KaiserRoman KouznetsovAlexander RabchevskyBruno Gallo SantacruzJiayang SunKarl B ThorTracey WheelerJane WierbickyPublished in: Spinal cord (2020)
Bladder and bowel dysfunction remain important unmet challenges for individuals living with SCI who answered our survey. These individuals are willing to accept some potential risks of nerve stimulation approaches given potential benefits. Additional consumer input is critical for guiding both research and translation to clinical use and personalized medicine.