THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL-STIMULATION OF EXTREMITIES
THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL-STIMULATION OF EXTREMITIES
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DOI:
10.1007/bf02441314
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
VODOVNIK, L
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作者:
VODOVNIK, L
After a survey of therapeutic electrical stimulation a model is proposed which could explain some of the phenomena observed when stimulating patients with deficits of the locomotor system. Introducing non-linear characteristics of synaptic efficacies, the afferent diffuse barrage of signals due to electrical stimulation is selectively ‘channelled’ to synapses which are not at their saturation points. Electrical therapy thus either improves the balance between general excitation and inhibition or it does not exert any therapeutic effect. The model also shows why stimulation could not increase the unbalanced state and thus impair the clinical picture of the patient.