The checked study
Targeting bladder function with network-specific epidural stimulation after chronic spinal cord injury.
Sci Rep, 2022
Technology: Epidural spinal cord stimulation
Honest stage: First results in a few people — early evidence, not proof that it works
The scientific original: PubMed record · Article at the publisher
Researchers a primary source confirms
- Charles Hubscher
- obtained funding and supervised — the article, at the publisher · named there as C.H. · checked 2026-09-24
A.H., C.H., and S.H. obtained funding and supervised the research.
- obtained funding and supervised — the article, at the publisher · named there as C.H. · checked 2026-09-24
Laboratories and centres
- Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center (University of Louisville)
- affiliation of the study’s authors — the PubMed record · named there as Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center · checked 2026-09-24
Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, Department of Neurological Surgery, The University of Louisville
- affiliation of the study’s authors — the PubMed record · named there as Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center · checked 2026-09-24
Companies the source itself names
- Medtronic
- funded the study — the article, at the publisher · named there as Medtronic · checked 2026-09-24
This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health SPARC Common Fund (OT2OD024898), Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, UofL Health—University of Louisville Hospital, and Medtronic Plc.
- funded the study — the article, at the publisher · named there as Medtronic · checked 2026-09-24
Named, but not confirmed
- Susan Harkema
- principal investigator of the registered trial — the ClinicalTrials.gov record · named there as Susan Harkema, PhD · checked 2026-09-24
{"name":"Susan Harkema, PhD","affiliation":"University of Louisville","role":"PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR"}
- principal investigator of the registered trial — the ClinicalTrials.gov record · named there as Susan Harkema, PhD · checked 2026-09-24
A source names this person in the study, but no primary source we could read gives their identity — no ORCID tied to them, no official page. They are listed here, apart, and never as confirmed.