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    STUDIA EDUCATIO%20ARTIS%20GYMNASTICAE - Issue no. 4 / 2012  
         
  Article:   WALKING RECOVERY BY FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION (FES). CLINICAL CASE.

Authors:  RĂDUCANU GELU, RĂDUCANU NICOLETA. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  A wide range of procedures and devices are used for the recovery or correction of important deficits generated by neurological pathology (Liberson, 1961). Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES in specialized literature) defines the complete set of techniques and methods to apply the electrical stimulus which results in the production of muscular contractions. The FES techniques applied in the walking treatment and recovery for hemiplegic patients with the aid of the ODFS (Odstock Drop Foot Stimulator) stimulator, compensates, by electrical stimulation, the walking deficiencies of patients who cannot raise the toe at the gait moment (''drop foot'') (Popescu, 2004). Walking recovery assessment using those techniques is done by tests which consist of the measurement of the performed speed and effort (PCI – Physiological Cost Index) (Popescu, 2004).

Keywords: neurological deficiencies, walking recovery, FES (Functional Electrical Stimulation), PCI (Physiological Cost Index). 		 
         
     
         
         
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