Electrical stimulation in treating spasticity resulting from spinal cord injury.

Abstract

To study the efficacy of electrical stimulation in treating spasticity of six spinal cord injured patients, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) was applied to the dermatomes belonging to the same spinal cord level as the selected spastic muscle group. Spasticity was assessed in knee extensors by a pendulum test in which the knee joint angle of a swinging lower leg was recorded with an electrogoniometer. TENS was found to produce a noticeable decrease of spasticity in three of the patients, but had little effect on the others.

• Authors: T Bajd, M Gregoric, L Vodovnik, H Benko
• Journal: Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation (Arch Phys Med Rehabil) Vol. 66 Issue 8 Pg. 515-7 (Aug 1985) ISSN: 0003-9993 [Print] United States
• PMID: 3875331 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.)

Topics

• Adult
• Child
• Electric Stimulation Therapy
• Humans
• Knee Joint (physiopathology)
• Middle Aged
• Movement
• Muscle Spasticity (etiology, physiopathology, therapy)
• Spinal Cord Injuries (complications)
• Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation