Response of prolonged flaccid paralysis to FNS rehabilitation techniques
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Disability and Rehabilitation
- Vol. 22 (12) , 565-573
- https://doi.org/10.1080/096382800416814
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the response of muscles with prolonged flaccid paralysis (a year after stroke) to two types of treatment: (1) functional neuromuscular stimulation (FNS) with surface electrodes; and (2) FNS with intramuscular (IM) electrodes (FNS-IM). A second purpose was to compare FNS-gait versus volitional gait (no FNS activation). We used a single case study design; our patient was age 72, with flaccid paralysis of knee flexors and ankle dorsiflexors. Following four months of treatment with surface-stimulation, there was no change in muscle function or gait. Following treatment with FNS-IM, the patient regained partial volitional control of knee flexors and dorsiflexors; untreated muscles did not change. FNS-gait provided more normal knee and ankle dorsiflexion during swing phase versus volitional gait swing phase (no FNS activation).Keywords
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