SCI Research Leaderboard

A two-stage gating system. Claims on the left. Proof on the right. The gate between them is reproduction.

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How this works: Anyone can submit a paper with a reproducible claim to the left column. It stays there — unverified — until an independent team or community member reproduces the result and submits evidence. Only then does it move to the right column. Failed reproductions are documented too. The goal is not to prove anyone right. The goal is to know what’s real.
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Reproducible Claims

Papers with testable experimental procedures. Being on this list means the claim is testable — not that it’s true.
#1 Recovery of over-ground walking after chronic motor complete SCI
Angeli et al. • 2018 • NEJM
2 of 4 motor-complete SCI patients achieved over-ground walking with epidural stimulation. Electrode placement, stimulation parameters, and training protocol fully described.
Awaiting reproduction
#2 Activity-dependent spinal cord neuromodulation rapidly restores trunk and leg motor functions
Rowald et al. • 2022 • Nature Medicine
3 patients with complete paralysis recovered trunk and leg motor function within one day of targeted epidural stimulation. Implant coordinates, stimulation patterns, rehabilitation protocol described.
Awaiting reproduction
#3 Neuromodulation of lumbosacral spinal networks enables independent stepping
Gill et al. • 2018 • Nature Medicine
1 patient with motor-complete paraplegia achieved independent stepping with epidural stimulation. Surgical approach, electrode config, training schedule described.
Awaiting reproduction
#4 The neurons that restore walking after paralysis
Kathe et al. • 2022 • Nature
Identified specific neuron populations (SCVsx2::Hoxa10) necessary and sufficient for walking recovery via spinal stimulation. Genetic markers, stimulation protocols, behavioral assays described.
Awaiting reproduction
#5 Targeted neurotechnology restores walking in humans with SCI
Wagner et al. • 2018 • Nature
Spatiotemporal epidural stimulation enabled overground walking in 3 patients with chronic SCI. Pulse generator specs, electrode mapping, gait training protocol described.
Awaiting reproduction
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Community Reproduced

Papers independently reproduced by community members, labs, or clinical teams. Full, partial, modified, and failed reproductions all documented.
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