TASCI—transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation in patients with acute spinal cord injury to prevent neurogenic detrusor overactivity: protocol for a nationwide, randomised, sham-controlled, double-blind clinical trial

• Armin Curt,
• Martin W G Brinkhof,
• Xavier Jordan,
• Margret Hund-Georgiadis,
• Veronika Birkhäuser,
• Martina D Liechti,
• Collene E Anderson,
• Sarah Baumann,
• Michael Baumberger,
• Lori A Birder,
• Sander M Botter,
• Silvan Büeler,
• Célia D Cruz,
• Gergely David,
• Susanne Friedl,
• Oliver Gross,
• Knut Husmann,
• Miriam Koschorke,
• Lorenz Leitner,
• Eugenia Luca,
• Ulrich Mehnert,
• Sandra Möhr,
• Freschta Mohammadzada,
• Katia Monastyrskaya,
• Helen Sadri,
• Andrea M Sartori,
• Kai Sprengel,
• Stephanie A Stalder,
• Jivko Stoyanov,
• Cornelia Stress,
• Aurora Tatu,
• Cécile Tawadros,
• Stéphanie van der Lely,
• Jens Wöllner,
• Veronika Zubler,
• Jürgen Pannek,
• Thomas M Kessler

Affiliations

Armin Curt

Spinal Cord Injury Center, University Hospital Balgrist, Zurich, Switzerland

Martin W G Brinkhof

1Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland

Xavier Jordan

Clinique Romande de Réadaptation, Sion, Switzerland

Margret Hund-Georgiadis

Clinic for neurorehabilitation and paraplegiology, REHAB Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Veronika Birkhäuser

Department of Neuro-Urology, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Martina D Liechti

Department of Neuro-Urology, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Collene E Anderson

Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland

Sarah Baumann

Department of Neuro-Urology, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Michael Baumberger

Spinal Cord and Rehabilitation Medicine, Swiss Paraplegic Centre, Nottwil, Switzerland

Lori A Birder

Neuro-Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Sander M Botter

Swiss Center for Musculoskeletal Biobanking, Balgrist Campus AG, Zürich, Switzerland

Silvan Büeler

Department of Neuro-Urology, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Célia D Cruz

Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Translational Neuro-urology Group, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Gergely David

Department of Neuro-Urology, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Susanne Friedl

Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Oliver Gross

Department of Neuro-Urology, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Knut Husmann

Swiss Center for Musculoskeletal Biobanking, Balgrist Campus AG, Zürich, Switzerland

Miriam Koschorke

Department of Neuro-Urology, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Lorenz Leitner

Department of Neuro-Urology, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Eugenia Luca

Spinal Cord Injury Department, Clinique romande de réadaptation, Sion, Switzerland

Ulrich Mehnert

Department of Neuro-Urology, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Sandra Möhr

Clinic of Neurorehabilitation and Paraplegiology, REHAB Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Freschta Mohammadzada

Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Katia Monastyrskaya

Urology Research Laboratory, DBMR, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Helen Sadri

Department of Neuro-Urology, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Andrea M Sartori

Department of Neuro-Urology, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Kai Sprengel

Department of Trauma, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Stephanie A Stalder

Department of Neuro-Urology, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Jivko Stoyanov

Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland

Cornelia Stress

Department of Neuro-Urology, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Aurora Tatu

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Cécile Tawadros

Spinal Cord Injury Department, Clinique romande de réadaptation, Sion, Switzerland

Stéphanie van der Lely

Department of Neuro-Urology, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Jens Wöllner

Neuro-Urology, Swiss Paraplegic Centre, Nottwil, Switzerland

Veronika Zubler

Department of Radiology, Balgrist University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland

Jürgen Pannek

Neuro-Urology, Swiss Paraplegic Centre, Nottwil, Switzerland

Thomas M Kessler

Department of Neuro-Urology, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland