Use of a Novel Functional Electrical Stimulation Gait Training System in 2 Adolescents With Cerebral Palsy: A Case Series Exploring Neurotherapeutic Changes.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Cerebral palsy (CP) is characterized by decreased passive joint range-of-motion and impaired walking, resulting in progressive loss of function. Typical gait training interventions for children with CP appear insufficient to mitigate these effects. The purpose of this case report is to describe the use of a new treadmill-based gait training intervention using active correction with functional electrical stimulation (FES) in 2 adolescents with CP.

Case description

Two participants with CP (13-year-old girls, Gross Motor Function Classification System [GMFCS] level II and III) trained by walking on a treadmill, with FES assistance, for 30 minutes, 3 times per week, for 12 weeks. The intervention used a feedback control system to detect all 7 phases of ga

SUBMITTER: Behboodi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6545278 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature