Musculoskeletal responses of spinal cord injured individuals to functional neuromuscular stimulation-induced knee extension exercise training

• Published in: Journal of rehabilitation research and development Vol. 28; no. 4; p. 19
• Main Authors: Rodgers, M M, Glaser, R M, Figoni, S F, Hooker, S P, Ezenwa, B N, Collins, S R, Mathews, T, Suryaprasad, A G, Gupta, S C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Superintendent of Documents 01.10.1991
• Subjects: Adult; Body Weight - physiology; Bone Density - physiology; Electric Stimulation; Female; Humans; Knee Joint - physiology; Male; Middle Aged; Movement - physiology; Muscles - physiopathology; Neuromuscular Junction - physiology; Physical Education and Training; Physical therapy; R&D; Range of Motion, Articular - physiology; Research & development; Spinal cord injuries; Spinal Cord Injuries - physiopathology

This study was conducted to evaluate a newly designed functional neuromuscular stimulation (FNS)-induced knee extension (KE) exercise system that incorporates the most desired features of previously described systems by determining the musculoskeletal responses of spinal cord injured (SCI) individua...