Neuromuscular stimulation via the sacral nerve roots is proposed for prevention of ischial pressure ulcers following a spinal cord injury (SCI). Acute effects of sacral functional magnetic stimulation (FMS) on seat interface pressure changes were investigated in five nondisabled volunteers. Similar effects were demonstrated with functional electrical stimulation in people with SCI who used a sa...

The use of electrical stimulation in the treatment of dysphagia has received much scientific scrutiny in the past decade. The method is widely used as a treatment tool within the therapeutic arsenal of dysphagia therapists. This literature review lists most publications on the subject and adds clarifying comments to some. Lower level studies such as case reports, user surveys and expert opinion...

This article discusses research that was conducted to optimise new electrical-stimulation technologies and to elucidate the effects of pre-slaughter dehydration of lambs. A change in lamb processing to a focus on eating quality has increased the uptake of new electrical technologies. Our research was aimed at understanding how carcase response to electrical stimulation is affected by genotype, ...

Conventional functional electrical stimulation aims to restore functional motor activity of patients with disabilities resulting from spinal cord injury or neurological disorders. However, intervention with functional electrical stimulation in neurological diseases lacks an effective implantable method that suppresses unwanted nerve signals. We have developed an electrochemical method to activa...

The present study used a microelectronic neural bridge comprised of electrode arrays for neural signal detection, functional electrical stimulation, and a microelectronic circuit including signal amplifying, processing, and functional electrical stimulation to bridge two separate nerves, and to restore the lost function of one nerve. The left leg of one spinal toad was subjected to external mec...

The use of electrical stimulation in the treatment of dysphagia has received much scientific scrutiny in the past decade. The method is widely used as a treatment tool within the therapeutic arsenal of dysphagia therapists. This literature review lists most publications on the subject and adds clarifying comments to some. Lower level studies such as case reports, user surveys and expert opinion...

Functional electrical stimulation (FES) is known as a technique for restoring lost motor functions in paralysis patients. In this study we developed an FES controller by employing simple adaptive control (SAC), and verified it on a young healthy man. The controller did not need the complicated adjustment.

In his famous remark, Mark Twain articulates the basic fact that making decisions takes time. What happens in the brain that takes so much time? In an illuminating recent study, Gold and Shadlen [1] used electrical stimulation of the brain to probe the evolution of a perceptual choice. They found that preparation of the movement that will signal the choice proceeds in proportion to the quality ...

Correction In the course of type-setting this article [1] for final publication the presentation of the data in Tables 1 and 2 was altered. To avoid any confusion and to improve the clarity of our results the corrected Tables are included here.