Electrical stimulation to reduce the overload in upper limbs during sitting pivot transfer in paraplegic: a preliminary study

Basic and applied myology

Claudia Ochoa-Diaz¹  Christine Azevedo Coste²  Antônio P.L. Bó³  Emerson Fachin-Martins⁴  Roberto S. Baptista⁴  Lucas O. Fonseca⁴  Charles Fattal⁴  Ana Claudia G. Lopes⁶ 

[1] NTAAI, Faculdade de Ceilândia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília;Centre de Réhabilitation CRF, COS DIVIO, Dijon;INRIA, LIRMM, Montpellier;LARA, Faculdade de Tecnologia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília;NTAAI, Faculdade de Ceilândia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília;SARAH Network Rehabilitation Hospitals, Brasília, Brazil

关键词: Spinal cord injuries;    Paraplegia;    Functional electrical stimulation;    Kinetics;    Biomechanics;    Rehabilitation;   

DOI  :  10.4081/ejtm.2016.6223

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Pagepress

【 摘 要 】

Transfer is a key ability and allows greater interact with the environment and social participation. Conversely, paraplegics have great risk of pain and injury in the upper limbs due to joint overloads during activities of daily living, like transfer. The main goal of this study is to verify if the use of functional electrical stimulation (FES) in the lower limbs of paraplegic individuals can assist the sitting pivot transfer (SPT). The secondary objective is to verify if there is a greater participation of the lower limbs during lift pivot phase. A preliminary study was done with one complete paraplegic individual. Temporal parameters were calculated and a kinetic assessment was done during the SPT. The preliminary results showed the feasibility of FES for assisting the SPT.

【 授权许可】

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