Four weeks of functional electrical stimulated cycling after spinal cord injury: a clinical cohort study
Four weeks of functional electrical stimulated cycling after spinal cord injury: a clinical cohort study
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DOI:
10.1097/mrr.0000000000000062
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发表时间:
2014-09-01
影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
Schobersberger, Wolfgang
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作者:
Kuhn, Daniel;Leichtfried, Veronika;Schobersberger, Wolfgang
The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy and the effects of functional electrical stimulated cycling (FES cycling) in patients with spinal cord injury during their rehabilitation in a special acute care unit. Thirty patients [10 with American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS) grade A, three with AIS grade B, 15 with AIS grade C, two with AIS grade D] aged 44 +/- 15.5 years and 2 (median) (interquartile range, 1.0-4.25) months after spinal cord injury were included in the study. The patients participated in a 20-min FES-cycling program 2 days per week for 4 weeks during their acute inpatient rehabilitation. The influence on muscle cross-section, muscle and leg circumference, spasticity, and the walking ability parameter (distance, time, aids) was measured. Muscle stimulation intensity and output parameters (pedalling time and distance) were also recorded. Spasticity decreased during hip abduction and adduction (70 and 98.1%, respectively). Spasticity during knee flexion and knee extension decreased by 66.8 and 76.6%, and a decrease was found during dorsal foot extension (67.8%; for all, P