Electrical Stimulation in Lower Limb During Exercise to Improve Gait Speed and Functional Motor Ability 6 Months Poststroke. A Review with Meta-Analysis

Neuromuscular Electric Stimulation in Addition to Exercise Therapy in Patients with Lower Extremity Paresis Due to Acute Ischemic Stroke. A proof-of-concept randomised controlled trial

“…Not finding a between-group difference is a phenomenon seen before (54) showing effect of NMES intervention, patients received electrical stimulation while seated or lying (57)(58)(59) or were more than 6 months post onset of stroke. (23,24,35) None of these studies are directly comparable to our study because of patients being in the post stroke phase and without activity during stimulation.…”

“…(18,19) NMES activates the sensory-motor system via electrical pulses to the nerve and muscles (20,21) and facilitates voluntary movement and strengthening of muscles. (22,23) Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) of the lower limb is safe and inexpensive and has the potential to facilitate recovery in terms of muscle strength standing balance (23), improved gait speed (24) and everyday activity. (25) Additionally, electrical stimulation can increase the excitability of corticospinal neural pathways to paretic muscles and induce neuroplasticity.…”

“…(25) Additionally, electrical stimulation can increase the excitability of corticospinal neural pathways to paretic muscles and induce neuroplasticity. (26,27) NMES has shown to be an effective complementary technique in the rehabilitation of patients in the chronic phase post stroke (22)(23)(24), but little is known about effects of NMES combined exercise therapy early post stroke. (24) If effective, adding NMES to exercise therapy might improve functional outcomes in patients with hemiparesis.…”

Fizinių pratimų ir funkcinės elektrostimuliacijos poveikis kojos funkcijai po juosmeninės stuburo srities dermoidinės cistos pašalinimo. Atvejo analizė

“…Kim et al (2012) Nustatyta, kad po taikytų užsiėmimų pagerėjo tiriamosios gyvenimo kokybė. Kiti autoriai taip pat teigia, kad FES skatina norą savarankiškai judėti, pagerina kasdienės veiklos atlikimą, todėl padidėja pasitikėjimas savimi (Busk et al, 2019). Po kineziterapijos pastebėta, kad išliko ilgalaikė motyvacija judėti netgi praėjus 3 mėn.…”

Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Improves Activities of Daily Living Post Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

“… 17 , 25 , 26 However, the majority of said reviews have pooled studies with a variety of ES methods 16 , 25 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 or investigated other specific aspects of ES, typically FES. 24 , 32 , 33 , 34 In contrast to previous systematic reviews, the aim of the present systematic review and meta-analysis was to elucidate the effectiveness of NMES in improving ADL and functional motor ability post stroke and additionally analyze data according to onset of NMES administration post stroke and paresis severity, which in our opinion are important additions to the stroke rehabilitation literature.…”