Abstract:
Spinal cord injury(SCI) is a severe neurological disease, with an estimated 250,000 to 500,000 new cases worldwide each year. Traditional rehabilitation approaches, limited by suboptimal efficacy and high costs, have struggled to meet the rapidly growing clinical demand; consequently, a range of new rehabilitation and therapeutic technologies has emerged. This review systematically summarizes emerging rehabilitation techniques, including neuro-interface technologies, functional electrical stimulation, rehabilitation robotics, and neuromodulation, explains their mechanisms of action, and discusses their potential roles in clinical rehabilitation for SCI, thereby providing a theoretical basis for future development in clinical rehabilitation. These technologies are elevating the treatment concept for SCI from passive functional compensation to active neural reconstruction. Although they have demonstrated substantial potential, large-scale clinical application still faces challenges, such as signal stability, safety concerns, and a lack of large-scale clinical evidence. Looking ahead, integration of these technologies, artificial intelligence-driven personalized rehabilitation, and home-based rehabilitation are expected to be key trends, with the ultimate goal of establishing a precise, efficient, closed-loop intelligent rehabilitation system.