Clinical experience of functional electrical stimulation for restoration of tetraplegic hand function
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چکیده
There are some Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) systems that restore upper limb functions in tetraplegia. Surface electrodes [1], percutaneous intramuscular electrodes [2] and totally implantable electrodes [3] are used for stimulation in these neuroprostheses. The FESMATE system, developed by the Sendai FES Projects in Japan, is a portable multi-channel FES system with percutaneous electrodes [2]. We have been using the FESMATE system for restoring hand grasp in tetraplegia since 1991. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the improvement of hand grasp function in tetraplegia using the FESMATE system.
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