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Advancing Functional Electrical Therapy (FET)| old_uid | 10332 |
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| title | Advancing Functional Electrical Therapy (FET) |
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| start_date | 2015/11/09 |
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| schedule | 15h |
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| online | no |
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| summary | The FET is an exercise that comprises voluntary reaching & grasping with simultaneous externally
assisted grasping by an electrical stimulation (ES) system that generates able-bodied alike, slow movements.
Clinical trials showed that the FET speeds up and promotes better recovery of stroke patients. The likely
reasons are: early intervention, intensive task related exercise is a part of FET, ES is phased and timed to
match the natural flow of afferent and efferent information (mimicking able-bodied pattern of sensory-motor
systems activation), increased motivation to exercise due to the fact the grasping and releasing are facilitated
(electrical augmentation of motor functions). However, in this protocol, patient triggers stimulation with
healthy hand and, as a result, “unnatural” feedback is produced. New generation of FET protocol is designed
to pair in time, the brain signals with the sensory information arising from muscles when they are activated
through an electrical stimulator for peripheral nerve stimulation controlled by the brain signals. Chronic
stroke patients may further benefit from this research. |
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| responsibles | Baumard |
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