A new technique uses a glove on the unaffected hand to send electrical stimulation to nerves in the stroke-affected hand. Researchers report that the best improvement was noted in patients who had ...

Contralaterally controlled functional electrical stimulation (CCFES), managed by the patient, is superior to therapist-controlled cyclic neuromuscular electrical stimulation (cNMES) in improving hand ...

The robotic glove uses passive range of motion and functional electrical stimulation. Scientists and medical personnel with the Veterans Affairs Department are using new robotics technology to help ...

Not the foot itself, not the ground beneath it, but a sensation somewhere above the injury that her brain had learned to ...

Researchers at Brown University have demonstrated that targeted electrical stimulation of the spinal cord can restore both ...

Vibrating tingles of electricity worm into the thin legs of paralyzed children, pulling at their muscles to pump up and down on a special bicycle. It’s called electrical stimulation exercise therapy, ...

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In new results from a clinical trial, researchers show that electrical stimulation of the spinal cord can restore the muscle ...