Electrical stimulation-induced leg cycling (ES-LC) is beneficial for individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI), but cycling performance is often limited because of rapid fatigue of the stimulated muscles. This study evaluated whether a stimulation pattern with a catchlike-inducing pulse train increased force production and hence cycling performance. Five men with SCI performed ES-LC using diffe...

Modelling A model was used to combine the available clinical and cost data with the patient population survival data in order to estimate the cost-effectiveness of the treatment options. On account of the limited time horizon of the trials, data were extrapolated to reflect the long-term cost-effectiveness of the interventions. The consequences of the intervention were modelled for both a short...

BACKGROUND A responsive electrical stimulation pattern based on our recently developed novel seizure prediction method was designed to suppress the penicillin-induced epileptic seizures. METHODOLOGY Seizures were induced by Penicillin injection at rat cortex. A responsive electrical stimulation system was triggered prior to seizures predicted with phase synchronisation. Rats with induced seiz...

contribution presents a new approach to human arm position control under electrical stimulation that employs an acceleration feedback. During stimulation of antagonistic muscle pairs, this approach can noticeably reduce negative effects that are caused by an uncertain dead-zone within the muscular activation. The acceleration controller, realised using a disturbance observer, represents the low...

Electrical impulses are necessary for proper in vivo skeletal muscle development. To fabricate functional skeletal muscle tissues in vitro, recapitulation of the in vivo niche, including physical stimuli, is crucial. Here, we report a technique to engineer skeletal muscle tissues in vitro by electrical pulse stimulation (EPS). Electrically excitable tissue-engineered skeletal muscle constructs ...

Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) involves the use of electrical current to facilitate contraction of skeletal muscle. However, little is known concerning the effects of varying stimulation parameters on muscle function in humans. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which varying pulse duration and frequency altered torque production and fatigability of human skel...

Functional electrical stimulation (FES) may be able to augment functional arm and hand movement after stroke. Poststroke neuroprostheses that incorporate voluntary effort and FES to produce the desired movement must consider how forces generated by voluntary effort and FES combine, even in the same muscle, in order to provide an appropriate level of stimulation to elicit the desired assistive f...

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, ...

Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) has become a common method to study the interrelations between the brain and language functioning. This meta-analysis examined the efficacy of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and direct current stimulation (tDCS) in the study of language production in healthy volunteers. Forty-five effect sizes from 30 studies which investigated the effects of NIBS ...

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...