Muscle and bone in paraplegic patients, and the effect of functional electrical stimulation.

Journal article

1. Four paraplegic men volunteered for an exercise programme in which their paralysed quadriceps muscles were stimulated by means of computer-regulated electrical impulses applied through external electrodes. The first exercise regimen consisted of leg raising against a graded load, and during the second regimen exercise took the form of cycling on a modified bicycle ergometer. Each subject exercised five times weekly for 10 weeks during the first regimen and 32 weeks during the second regime...

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Authors: Pacy, P; Hesp, R; Halliday, D; Katz, D; Cameron, G

• Journal: Clinical science (London, England : 1979)
• Volume: 75
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 481-487
• Publication date: 1988-11-01
• EISSN: 1470-8736
• ISSN: 0143-5221
• Language: English
• Keywords: Muscles; Bone and Bones; Exercise Therapy; Minerals; Humans; Adult; Male; Paraplegia; Electric Stimulation Therapy; Protein Biosynthesis; Potassium