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Paradigms of Lower Extremity Electrical Stimulation Training After Spinal Cord Injury
Published on: February 1, 2018
[Mehanisms of Influences of Electrical Spinal Cord Stimulation on Autonomic Functions.]
Abstract:
Recently transcutateous electrical spinal cord stimulation began to be used both for experimental studies of motor functions regulation and for rehabilitation of motor functions in patients with spinal cord injury. The spinal cord is a very important center of vital functions regulation and the spinal cord stimulation directed to the activation of spinal locomotor related networks will affect visceral systems as well. This circumstance is necessary to take into account when this new method will be used for rehabilitation as well as for the studies on healthy subjects. Here the review of publications related to effects of electrical spinal cord stimulation on peripheral and cerebral circulation, on the cardiovascular, respiratory, excretory, and digestive systems of mammals is presented.
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