Functional Electrical Stimulation After Spinal Cord Injury: Improving Motor Function and Beyond

what is Fe s Fe S stands for functional electrical stimulation FES can help functionally with strengthening muscles that are weak so the clinician will help select which muscle depending on the goal that the client has and the treatment entails low energy electrical current that's applied to a peripheral nerve to help a weak muscle contract we could use it in isolation just to help with strengthening a muscle it will help also reduce atrophy it can help drive positive neuroplasticity or positive change and then there is the stem of the person oh we could use that to enhance a movement pattern so such as reaching or grasping for relearning you could also use that for to help the person cycling so that's a great device for fitness and the treatment can be individualized so the clinician will help select what muscles and what device is best so these are different examples of how a fierce can be applied a vo spike has benefited just my general muscle tone I don't have use of my lower limbs I have sensation but no movement so the muscles are not getting used on a daily basis once the simulations come on from the electrodes then it feels kind of like a tingly buzzy sensation as it progresses through the bike motion FES can be used to prevent secondary complications after SC I so it can be useful to optimize respiratory health and bladder control it's also great for cardiovascular benefits such as the FES cycling is the most rated that yes is not for every everyone so in the case if a person has an active DVT if a person is pregnant if you have a pacemaker or any medically implanted device you don't want to use that yes the benefits of FES lasts for as long as I use SES so if you're using it for fitness you have to keep a regular program and then if somebody has an incomplete spinal cord injury the clinician will look at weaning you from FES and as you strength improves then you may not need it anymore arm FES has been helpful in developing different muscle groups that were slowly developing at the time they started off with very little movement and now I can use a move it more on they're starting to be a little more functional so the research says that FES is an effective treatment for strengthening muscles and also helping ruler movements I think the FES definitely has potential I thought it was a good part of my therapy that I've been using it and I think it should be used by other people

Channel: SCIRE

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Keywords: functional electrical stimulation, FES, SCI, spinal cord injury, rehabilitation, SCIRE, physical therapy, stimulation, stim, functional electrical stimulation hand, functional electrical stimulation bike

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Length: 2min 54sec (174 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 09 2020