Tobey D N, Sutton D
Otolaryngology. 1978 Sep-Oct;86(5):ORL-812-8. doi: 10.1177/019459987808600528.
Functional electrical stimulation is being explored in the extremities. A major obstacle is found in programming the firing sequence. In 1976, David Zealear proposed using the activity on the normal side in axial muscle pairs that normally function symmetrically to act as a template to control the stimulator. This method was demonstrated in laryngeal muscles in dogs, and is now demonstrated in the face with future applications being proposed. The facial nerve on one side was sectioned in a series of rabbits. Implanted electrodes received electrical potentials from selected muscles on the normal side. Bursts of electrical activity on the normal side during a blink or a twitch were used to trigger a muscle stimulator, which was routed to matching muscles on the paralyzed side. This technique restored symmetric function to the hemiparalyzed side. This technique restored symmetric function to the hemiparalyzed face.
功能性电刺激正在四肢进行探索。在对刺激序列进行编程时发现了一个主要障碍。1976年，大卫·泽勒尔提出利用正常一侧轴向肌肉对中的活动，这些肌肉对通常对称发挥功能，以此作为控制刺激器的模板。该方法在狗的喉部肌肉中得到了验证，现在在面部也得到了验证，并有人提出了其未来的应用。在一系列兔子中切断一侧的面神经。植入的电极接收来自正常一侧选定肌肉的电位。眨眼或抽搐时正常一侧的电活动脉冲被用来触发肌肉刺激器，该刺激器被传送到瘫痪一侧的匹配肌肉。这项技术使偏瘫侧恢复了对称功能。这项技术使偏瘫面部恢复了对称功能。
