ArticleJournal of neural engineering2018
Distributed stimulation increases force elicited with functional electrical stimulation.
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- Delayed muscle fatigue during electrical stimulation of the proximal nerve using asymmetric random high-frequency carrier pulse cluster.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Electrical stimulation therapy for peripheral nerve injury.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Review
- Large-scale intramuscular electrode system for chronic electromyography and functional electrical stimulation.Journal of neurophysiology · 2022Article
- Restoration of complex movement in the paralyzed upper limb.Journal of neural engineering · 2022Article
- Effect of Athletic Training on Fatigue During Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
- Patient-specific functional electrical stimulation strategy based on muscle synergy and walking posture analysis for gait rehabilitation of stroke patients.The Journal of international medical research · 2021Article
- A Flexible Pulse Generator Based on a Field Programmable Gate Array Architecture for Functional Electrical Stimulation.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
- Electrically Elicited Force Response Characteristics of Forearm Extensor Muscles for Electrical Muscle Stimulation-Based Haptic Rendering.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- The modulation of force steadiness by electrical nerve stimulation applied to the wrist extensors differs for young and older adults.European journal of applied physiology · 2019Article
- Mitigation of excessive fatigue associated with functional electrical stimulation.Journal of neural engineering · 2018Article
- Muscle Fatigue Post-stroke Elicited From Kilohertz-Frequency Subthreshold Nerve Stimulation.Frontiers in neurology · 2018Article
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objectiveThe maximum muscle forces that can be evoked using functional electrical stimulation (FES) are relatively modest. The reason for this weakness is not fully understood but could be partly related to the widespread distribution of motor nerve branches within muscle. As such, a single stimulating electrode (as is conventionally used) may be incapable of activating the entire array of motor axons supplying a muscle. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine whether stimulating a muscle with more than one source of current could boost force above that achievable with a single source. APPROACH: We compared the maximum isometric forces that could be evoked in the anterior deltoid of anesthetized monkeys using one or two intramuscular electrodes. We also evaluated whether temporally interleaved stimulation between two electrodes might reduce fatigue during prolonged activity compared to synchronized stimulation through two electrodes. MAIN
resultsWe found that dual electrode stimulation consistently produced greater force (~50% greater on average) than maximal stimulation with single electrodes. No differences, however, were found in the fatigue responses using interleaved versus synchronized stimulation. SIGNIFICANCE: It seems reasonable to consider using multi-electrode stimulation to augment the force-generating capacity of muscles and thereby increase the utility of FES systems.
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