In various embodiments, methods are provided to improve motor function, and/or to improve motor control, and/or to improve sensory function, and/or to reduce pain in subjects with nerve root palsies (e.g., radiculopathies including, but not limited to cauda equina syndrome). In certain embodiments, methods are provided for the magnetic stimulation of the spinal cord or regions thereof to improve motor function of upper and/or lower extremities in subjects with impaired extremity motor function due to spinal cord or brain injury or pathology.
