Author/Editor		Bajd, T; Štefančič, M; Lavrač, N
Title		FES walking after incomplete SCI
Type		članek
Source		In: Stalberg EV, de Weerd AW, Zidar J, editors. ECCN 98. 9th European congress of clinical neurophysiology; 1998 Jun 4-7; Ljubljana. Bologna: Monduzzi editore,
Publication year		1998
Volume		str. 275-80
Language		eng
Abstract		A diagnostic procedure is proposed predicting soon after the onset of the lesion which incomplete spinal cord injured (SCI) patients are candidates for a permanent use of functional electrical stimulation (FES). A classification tree, developed using a machine learning algorithm, indicates that the candidates for chronic use of FES are patients with weak ankle dorsiflexors and sufficently strog knee extensors. For these patients, FES of ankle plantar flexors applied during the toe-off phase can shorten the walking cycle duration and increase the angular excursions of the hip, knee, and ankle joint.
Descriptors		SPINAL CORD INJURIES ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY ORTHOTIC DEVICES WALKING MUSCLE CONTRACTION HIP JOINT KNEE JOINT ANKLE JOINT