1st Edition

Functional Electrical Stimulation Standing and Walking After Spinal Cord Injury

By Alojz R. Kralj, Tadej Bajd Copyright 1989
208 Pages
by CRC Press

208 Pages
by Routledge

This reference text covers the fundamental knowledge and principles of functional electrical stimulation (FES) as applied to the spinal cord injured (SCI) patient. The principles of FES application and basic biomechanical issues related to FES in SCI are stressed. The fundamentals regarding patient selection criteria, indication, contraindications, and descriptions of procedures are clearly... Read more
Introduction. Muscle Restrengthening and Patient Conditioning. Influence of Electrical Stimulation on Spas-ticity in Spinal Cord Injured Patients. Restoration of Standing. FES Ambulation Program in Incomplete SCI Patients. FES-Assisted Walk-ing in Complete SCI Patients. Index.

208 pp., 7x10, 1989, ISBN-0-8493-4529-4.

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Kralj\, Alojz R.; Bajd\, Tadej