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KMID : 0361419950190030547
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Journal of Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
1995 Volume.19 No. 3 p.547 ~ p.552
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Application of Functional Electrical Electrical Stimulation on the Affected Upper Extremity of a Chronic Stroke Patient
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박동식
이석재/주민철/박병림/김사우
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of functional electrical stimulation(FES) of the wrist and finger flexors and extensors on the function of the hemiplegic upper extremity. Fine wire electrodes were implanted percutaneously
into
the extensor digitorum communis, extensor carpi radialis, abductor pollicis longus, flexor carpi ulnaris, flexor carpi radialis and brachioradialis muscles of the affected upper extremity in a chronic hemiplegic stroke patient. Electrical
stimlator
unit
was connected to the electrodes to stimulate the target muscles. Thirty minute FES session was given 4 times a day for 6 months. Improvement of the hemiplegic upper extremity was noted in gross motor function but not in fine motor function. This
study
suggests that the FES program can be one of the effective treatment methods to improve the function of upper extremity in the chronic hemiplegic stroke patients.
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