FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION

Functional Electrical Stimulation in Neurological Disorders

Functional Electrical Stimulation in Neurological Disorders

Setting

Functional electrical stimulation (FES) has been described as the electrical stimulation of a muscle deprived of nervous control for providing muscular contraction and thereby producing a functionally useful movement. The study argues that the motor nerves can be activated by surface or implanted electrodes. When these pulses are applied to motor nerves, action potentials are generated, which travel along the axon to the target muscle. 

Research design

Conventional foot drop stimulator has a heel sensor which is connected to the stimulator with wires. Newer stimulators have radio frequency ...