Randomized Trial of Functional Electrical Stimulation Therapy for Walking in Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: Effects on Quality of Life and Community Participation

Hitzig, Sander L.; Craven, B. Catharine; Panjwani, Aliza A.; Kapadia, Naaz; Giangregorio, Lora; Richards, Kieva; Masani, Kei; Popović, Miloš R.

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“…The findings regarding bone loss and satisfaction with life and societal participation are reported elsewhere. 16,17 The current report outlines the effects of the intervention on subjects' function, gait, balance, and spasticity.…”

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A randomized trial of functional electrical stimulation for walking in incomplete spinal cord injury: Effects on walking competency

Kapadia

Masani²,

Craven³

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The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

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A randomized trial of functional electrical stimulation for walking in incomplete spinal cord injury: Effects on walking competency

Kapadia

Masani²,

Craven³

et al. 2014

The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

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“…The use of FES has been reviewed on numerous occasions. [24][25][26] It should be noted that various surface FES systems have very different capabilities and fidelity of the grasp produced.…”

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International Spinal Cord Injury Upper Extremity Basic Data Set

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“…[ 13 ] Functional electrical stimulation and robotic gait training has been shown to be of benefit in improving mobility scores in some patients with chronic SCI. [ 14 15 ]…”

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Ambulation following spinal cord injury and its correlates

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Khanna

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Ann Indian Acad Neurol

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Objectives:To assess walking ability of spinal cord injury (SCI) patients and observe its correlation with functional and neurological outcomes.Patients and Methods:The present prospective, observational study was conducted in a tertiary research hospital in India with 66 patients (46 males) between January 2012 and December 2013. Mean age was 32.62 ± 11.85 years (range 16-65 years), mean duration of injury was 85.3 ± 97.6 days (range 14-365 days) and mean length of stay in the rehabilitation unit was 38.08 ± 21.66 days (range 14-97 days) in the study. Walking Index for spinal cord injury (WISCI II) was used to assess ambulation of the SCI patients. Functional recovery was assessed using Barthel Index (BI) and Spinal Cord Independence Measures (SCIM). Neurological recovery was assessed using ASIA impairment scale (AIS). We tried to correlate ambulatory ability of the patients with functional and neurological recovery.Results:Ambulatory ability of the patients improved significantly using WISCI II (P < 0.001) when admission and discharge scores were compared (1.4 ± 3.5 vs 7.6 ± 6.03). Similarly, functional (BI: 31.7 ± 20.5 vs 58.4 ± 23.7 and SCIM: 29.9 ± 15.1 vs 56.2 ± 20.6) and neurological recovery were found to be very significant (P < 0.001) when admission vs discharge scores were compared. Improvement in WISCI II scores was significantly correlated with improvement in neurological (using AIS scores) and functional status (using BI and SCIM scores) (P < 0.001).Conclusions:Significant improvement was seen in WISCI II, BI, and SCIM scores after in-patient rehabilitation. Improvement in WISCI II scores also significantly correlated with functional and neurological recovery.

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Randomized Trial of Functional Electrical Stimulation Therapy for Walking in Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: Effects on Quality of Life and Community Participation

Abstract: The present study provides insight into the perceived benefits acquired by participating in an RCT comparing exercise to FES therapy and serves as a model for pinpointing domains of well-being that could be targeted for assessment in future SCI trials.

Cited by 33 publications

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A randomized trial of functional electrical stimulation for walking in incomplete spinal cord injury: Effects on walking competency

A randomized trial of functional electrical stimulation for walking in incomplete spinal cord injury: Effects on walking competency

International Spinal Cord Injury Upper Extremity Basic Data Set

Ambulation following spinal cord injury and its correlates

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