Stroke patients with severe motor deficits cannot execute task-oriented rehabilitation exercises with their affected upper extremity. Advanced rehabilitation technology may support them in performing such reach-to-grasp movements. The challenge is, however, to provide assistance as needed, while maintaining the participants' commitment during the exercises. In this feasibility study, we introdu...

Correspondence to: Professor Kerry R Mills, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK; [email protected] _________________________ T his article covers a variety of techniques that might be thought of as out of the usual run of the mill neurophysiological testing. Investigation of the neuromuscular junction with repetitive nerve ...

Introduction: People with speech disorders such as dysarthria and dysphonia have difficulty producing speech, which is often related to muscle dysfunction. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) can activate motor units improve their tropism functionality. Therefore, this systematic review aimed evaluate the effects of NMES on phonation, voice quality, intelligibility, strength, quality li...