Kralj A, Bajd T, Turk R
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Edvard Kardelj University, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1988 Aug(233):34-43.
Functional electrical stimulation (FES) was applied in 50 spinal cord injury patients in an effort to restore standing and walking. All patients in the program with lesions from T4-T12 were able to stand by means of FES. Walking, utilizing a four-channel stimulator, was accomplished by 25 patients with lesions in the range from T4-T12. These 25 patients represent approximately 5% of all spinal cord injured patients treated in the authors' rehabilitation facility during this time period. After using the stimulation in a home environment for more than three months, the number of patients who continued to use the stimulation for walking declined, and 16 patients remained ambulatory. The discontinuance of FES was mainly because of the time required to put on and operate the FES system and difficulties adapting to a new home environment and living situation.
功能性电刺激（FES）应用于50名脊髓损伤患者，旨在恢复站立和行走能力。该项目中所有T4 - T12节段损伤的患者都能够借助FES站立。使用四通道刺激器实现行走的有25名T4 - T12节段损伤的患者。这25名患者约占在此期间作者所在康复机构治疗的所有脊髓损伤患者的5%。在家庭环境中使用该刺激器三个多月后，继续使用刺激器行走的患者数量减少，仍有16名患者能够行走。停止使用FES主要是因为穿戴和操作FES系统所需的时间，以及适应新的家庭环境和生活状况存在困难。
