Functional electrical stimulation therapy for upper extremity rehabilitation following spinal cord injury: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Pilot study.

Objectives

To examine if functional electrical stimulation therapy (FEST) improves neuromuscular factors underlying upper limb function in individuals with SCI.

Setting

A tertiary spinal cord rehabilitation center specialized in spinal cord injury care in Canada.

Methods

We examined 29 muscles from 4 individuals living with chronic, cervical, and incomplete SCI. The analysis was focused on the changes in muscle activation, as well as on how the treatment could change the ability to control a given muscle or on how multiple muscles would be coordinated during volitional efforts.

Results

There was evidence of gains in muscle strength, activation, and median frequency after the FEST. Gains in muscle activation indicated the activat

SUBMITTER: Balbinot G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10067812 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature