Breathing synchronized electrical stimulation of the abdominal muscles in patients with acute tetraplegia
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Automatic electrical stimulation of abdominal wall muscles increases tidal volume and cough peak flow in tetraplegia.
Paralysis of the respiratory muscles in people with tetraplegia affects their ability to breathe and contributes to respiratory complications. Surface functional electrical stimulation (FES) of abdominal wall muscles can be used to increase tidal volume (V_{T}) and improve cough peak flow (CPF) in tetraplegic subjects who are able to breathe spontaneously. This study aims to evaluate the feasib...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biomedical Engineering / Biomedizinische Technik
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1862-278X,0013-5585
DOI: 10.1515/bmt-2012-4329