Title |
Functional Electrical Stimulation Alters the Postural Component of Locomotor Activity in Healthy Humans
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Published in |
Frontiers in Neuroscience, December 2015
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DOI | 10.3389/fnins.2015.00478 |
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Authors |
Vera Talis, Yves Ballay, Alexander Grishin, Thierry Pozzo |
Abstract |
Knowledge of the effects of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) of different intensity on postural stability during walking in healthy subjects is necessary before these relationships in patients with postural disorders can be assessed and understood. We examined healthy subjects in Control group walking on a treadmill for 40 min and in FES group-provided with 30 min of stimulation, which intensity increased every 10 min. The main difference between Control and FES group was the progressive increase of trunk oscillations in sagittal, frontal, and horizontal planes and an increase of relative stance duration in parallel with FES intensity increase. Both Control and FES groups exhibited shank elevation angle increase as an after-effect. It is concluded, that high intensity FES significantly changes the postural component of locomotor activity, but the fatigue signs afterwards were not FES specific. |
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