This study investigated the stimulation of the shank muscles (tibialis anterior [TA] and triceps surae [TS]) on ankle joint range of motion (ROM) during functional electrical stimulation (FES) cycling in three persons with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). The isokinetic cycle ergometer employed a free-moving ankle support whereby the pedal boot was free to rotate by up to 60°. The subjects wer...

Functional electrical stimulation (FES) is important in gait rehabilitation for patients with dropfoot. Since there are time-varying velocities during FES-assisted walking, it is difficult to achieve a good movement performance during walking. To account for the time-varying walking velocities, seven poststroke subjects were recruited and fuzzy logic control and a linear model were applied in F...

With getting older in the whole population, the prevalence of stroke and its residual disability is getting higher and higher recently in Taiwan. The functional electrical stimulation cycling system (FESCS) is useful for hemiplegic patients. Because that the muscle of stroke patients is under hybrid activation. The raw electromyography (EMG) represents the residual muscle force of stroke subjec...

Therapeutic effects of functional electrical stimulation (FES) cycling for persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) are limited by high rates of muscular fatigue. FES-cycling performance limits and surface mechanomyography (MMG) of 12 persons with SCI were compared under two different stimulation protocols of the quadriceps muscles. One strategy used the standard "co-activation" protocol from the ...

Lower-limb FES cycling for paraplegic and tetraplegic subjects has been previously described, with systems for both stationary ergometry and for mobile outdoor cycling being available. The potential therapeutic and medical benefits of FES cycling exercise have recently been surveyed [1]. A key finding is that regular FES cycling exercise leads to improved cardiopulmonary fitness, with a corresp...

[Purpose] This study investigated the effect of functional electrical stimulation (FES) of stroke patients in a sitting position on balance and activities of daily living. [Methods] FES was applied to stroke patients (six male, three female) while in a sitting and supine position. FES was applied six times for 30 minutes each for a total of six weeks. [Results] The timed up and go (TUG) values ...

Functional electrical stimulation (FES) is nowadays used in a wide range of applications, both for sport (e.g. muscle relaxation) and for medical use (e.g. iontophorese or to restore functional use of paralysed muscles). Various stimulator systems are commercially available for those applications where a fixed chronological course of the programmed stimulation pattern can be used, as for exampl...

Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) can elicit muscular contraction and restore motor function in paralyzed limbs. FES is a rehabilitation technique applied to various sensorimotor deficiencies and in different functional situations, e.g. grasping, walking, standing, transfer, cycling and rowing. FES can be combined with mechanical devices. FES-assisted cycling is mainly used in clinical en...

With getting older in the whole population, the prevalence of stroke and its residual disability is getting higher and higher recently in Taiwan. The functional electrical stimulation cycling system (FESCS) is useful for hemiplegic patients. Because that the muscle of stroke patients is under hybrid activation. The raw electromyography (EMG) represents the residual muscle force of stroke subjec...

CONTEXT Reductions of muscular and cardiorespiratory functions are often observed in people with spinal cord injury (SCI) and several studies demonstrated the benefits of aerobic and strengthening exercise training for this population. Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) of paralyzed muscles has been proposed as a strategy to assist patients in executing functional movement but its utilizat...