Student: Stephen Lane
Project Mentors: Dr. James Abbas – SBHSE
Dr. Rosalind Sadleir – SBHSE
Dr. Jeffrey Kleim – SBHSE
YouTube Link: View the video link below before joining the zoom meeting
Zoom Link: https://asu.zoom.us/j/4569600003
Zoom meeting time: 9am - 11am
Abstract
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a debilitating disorder that has high prevalence with approximately 17,000 new cases each year in the US. Spinal cord stimulation therapy has been used to treat SCI related pain since 1967 and has recently been researched as a possible solution to restoring function to the damaged neurons as a way of bridging the injured tissue. In this project, finite element modeling with partial differential equations in MATLAB has been utilized to construct a model that calculates the electric field generated by epidural spinal cord stimulation in the lumbar region of the spinal cord. The parameters of the model can be adjusted to investigate several aspects of the stimulation including waveform parameters, anatomical location, and electrode placement. This versatility enables the model to be widely used as a tool in spinal cord stimulation research.