Home-based Functional Electrical Stimulation for long-term denervated human muscle: History, basics, results and perspectives of the Vienna Rehabilitation Strategy

We will here discuss the following points related to Home-based Functional Electrical Stimulation (h-b FES) as treatment for patients with permanently denervated muscles in their legs: 1. Upper (UMN) and lower motor neuron (LMN) damage to the lower spinal cord; 2. Muscle atrophy/hypertrophy versus p...

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Main Authors: Helmut Kern, Ugo Carraro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2014-03-01
Series:European Journal of Translational Myology
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Online Access:http://pagepressjournals.org/index.php/bam/article/view/3296