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Automatic electrical stimulation of abdominal wall muscles increases tidal volume and cough peak flow in tetraplegia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
<p>Paralysis of the respiratory muscles in people with tetraplegia affects their ability to breathe and contributes to respiratory complications.
Hunt, K.J.   +4 more
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Case report: Dysphagia after COVID-19 infection in a stroke patient—Is neurostimulation a potential management?

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2023
A 90-year-old man with stroke was weaned from tube feeding 4 months after stroke onset. However, he had a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection after 2 months and suffered from drastically worsened oropharyngeal dysphagia that required a ...
Ting-Yu Lin   +7 more
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Immediate effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on swallowing function in individuals after oral and oropharyngeal cancer therapy

open access: yesSAGE Open Medicine, 2020
Objective: To analyze the immediate effect of sensory and motor neuromuscular electrical stimulation, in oral and pharyngeal stages of swallowing, in individuals after oral and oropharyngeal cancer therapy.
Danila Rodrigues Costa   +3 more
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Neuromuscular electrical stimulation improves exercise tolerance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with better preserved fat-free mass

open access: yesClinics, 2011
BACKGROUND: High-frequency neuromuscular electrical stimulation increases exercise tolerance in patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD patients). However, it is conceivable that its benefits are more prominent in patients with
Lara Maris Nápolis   +5 more
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ANTAGONIST VERSUS AGONIST MUSCLE NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION ON SPASTICITY IN STROKE PATIENTS

open access: yesInternational Journal of Physiotherapy, 2017
Background: Spasticity is the common problem encountered in the treatment of hemiplegic patients. Various treatment techniques have been developed to reduce spasticity, neuromuscular electrical stimulation is one of them. Several studies have proved that
Suchetha P. S   +2 more
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Extra excitation of biceps femoris during neuromuscular electrical stimulation reduces knee medial loading [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2019
Medial knee joint osteoarthritis (OA) is a debilitating and prevalent condition. Surgical treatment consists of redistributing the forces from the medial to the lateral compartment through osteotomy, or replacing the joint surfaces.
Rui Xu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Insights into the combination of neuromuscular electrical stimulation and motor imagery in a training-based approach

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Applied Physiology, 2021
Training stimuli that partially activate the neuromuscular system, such as motor imagery (MI) or neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES), have been previously shown as efficient tools to induce strength gains.
Amandine Bouguetoch   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Enhancing Adaptations to Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Training Interventions

open access: yesExercise and sport sciences reviews, 2021
Optimal responses to neuromuscular electrical stimulation interventions may be achieved by using alternative stimulation techniques and parameters, and combined strategies. Supplemental digital content is available in the text.
A. Blazevich   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Feedback control of unsupported standing in paraplegia. Part II: experimental results [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
For pt. I see ibid., vol. 5, no. 4, p. 331-40 (1997). This is the second of a pair of papers which describe an investigation into the feasibility of providing artificial balance to paraplegics using electrical stimulation of the paralyzed muscles.
Hunt, K.J.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Goal Orientated stroke rehabilitation utilising electrical stimulation, iterative learning and Microsoft Kinect

open access: yes, 2013
An upper-limb stroke rehabilitation system is developed that assists patients in performing real world functionally relevant reaching tasks. The system provides de-weighting of the arm via a simple spring support whilst functional electrical stimulation ...
Timothy Exell   +15 more
core   +2 more sources

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