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Functional Electrical Stimulation in Spinal Cord Injury: Clinical Evidence Versus Daily Practice
Author(s) -
Bersch Ines,
Tesini Stefani,
Bersch Ulf,
Frotzler Angela
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.684
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1525-1594
pISSN - 0160-564X
DOI - 10.1111/aor.12618
Subject(s) - functional electrical stimulation , spinal cord injury , stimulation , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , clinical practice , spinal cord , neuroscience , physical therapy , psychology
Functional electrical stimulation ( FES ) has clinical evidence in the rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord injury as indicated by several studies. Both inpatients and outpatients benefit from the therapeutic effect of the FES . The application areas are multifaceted and can be customized on the need for patients. This is represented by the individuality of the programmability of the stimulators and the variety of stimulation schedules that are based on the knowledge about the effects of FES on structural and functional level. Nevertheless, looking into daily clinical practice, the use of FES is rather poor. Expenditure of time, complexity of technical equipment, and compliance and acceptance of therapists and patients should be taken into account as limiting factors.