Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation for Bowel Management in Individuals with Motor Complete Spinal Cord Injury

Individuals will receive a 10-day course of daily, 30-minute sessions of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation to the thoracolumbar spine cord using the Chattanooga Mobile 2 Stim Device. These sessions will be conducted in the morning before bowel care and therapy. Cathode pads will be placed between the T10 and T11 spinous processes and the T12 and L1 spinous processes. Anode pads will be placed over the iliac crests. Stimulation will consist of 1 millisecond duration, biphasic pulses, at 30 Hertz frequency. The intensity of the current, will be adjusted to be suprasensory and sub-motor, and no more than 140 milli-amperes.