Institutional Review Board approval and informed consent were obtained from all subjects. Forty healthy subjects between the ages of 50 and 80 years participated in the study. Half of the subjects ...

Drop foot is the inability to lift the foot and toes when walking. It can result from conditions such as stroke, multiple sclerosis or spinal cord injury. Functional electrical stimulation involves ...

The partners in EUREKA project E! 2526 IMPULSE have developed an implanted nerve stimulator which helps patients with drop foot to walk much better. Over 500,000 people suffer from a stroke each year ...

Researchers at the University of Sheffield are developing an array to more accurately supply electrical stimuli to nerves in the medical treatment of foot drop. A frequent effect of strokes is the ...

Millions worldwide suffer from the daily discomfort of painful, sore, and swollen feet. This widespread issue can be attributed to many factors, ranging from the inevitable effects of ageing to the ...

Michel Roccati lost the ability to walk after a motorcycle accident in 2017, when he had a complete spinal cord injury. But today, equipped with an electrode device implanted on his spinal cord, ...

Barrett CL, Mann GE, Taylor PN et al. (2009) A randomized trial to investigate the effects of functional electrical stimulation and therapeutic exercise on walking performance for people with multiple ...

BMI 5 body mass index. Group 1 5 stimulation, intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC); group 2 5 IPC, stimulation. Age and BMI are expressed as mean (SD). Nonobese, obese, male, and female are ...