Walking after incomplete spinal cord injury with an implanted neuromuscular electrical stimulation system and a hinged knee replacement: a single-subject study.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Single-subject repeated measures study.

Objectives

Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) can enhance walking for people with partial paralysis from incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI). This single-subject study documents an individual's experience who both received an experimental implanted NMES system and underwent clinical bilateral hinged total knee arthroplasty (TKA). She walked in the community with knee pain prior to either intervention. Walking performance improved with an implanted NMES system. Knee pain and instability continued to worsen over time and eventually required TKA. This study evaluates the effects of these interventions.

Setting

Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland OH, USA.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Makowski NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7493919 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature