Abnormal ossification or calcification of the joints is seen in osteo-arthritis, Charcot's joints, and the Pellegrini-Stieda syndrome; less well-known is that seen in the soft tissues not involving the joint surface, consequent upon disease or injury of the nervous system. This condition has a variety of names: "para-osteo-arthropathy" (Dejerine, Ceillier, and Dejerine, 1919); "neurogenic ossif...

In this paper we present a method to generate optimal stimulation pattern for walker-assisted paraplegic walking using FES systems. To determine the stimulation patterns, a musculoskeletal model of walker-assisted FES-supported paraplegic walking is introduced. The optimal stimulation patterns are determined through minimizing the trajectory tracking error of the lower body and mechanical energ...

Rodenbaugh, David W., Heidi L. Collins, Dustin G. Nowacek, and Stephen E. DiCarlo. Increased susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmias is associated with changes in Ca2 regulatory proteins in paraplegic rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H2605–H2613, 2003. First published July 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00319.2003.—Paraplegia may increase susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmias by alt...

The orientation of paraplegic athletes toward adapted sport activities required good knowledge of their functional characteristics. Wheelchair locomotion, especially for highly dynamic situations, poses the problem of trunk equilibrium management and head stabilization. The study aimed at designing a quantitative method to assess the ability of paraplegics to obtain trunk balance under dynamic ...