Evidence was insufficient to determine the effectiveness
of electrical muscle stimulation, interferential therapy, short - wave diathermy, traction, or superficial heat or cold.
Not exact matches
«We also study how to control living
muscle tissue by
electrical stimulation of the cell,» he says.
By testing cycling time to task failure (TTF) in a group
of 12 active participants in a placebo controlled study, Dr Mauger discovered that stimulating the brain by passing a mild
electrical current (transcranial direct current
stimulation or tDCS) over the scalp to stimulate it increased the activity
of the area associated with
muscle contraction.
Four people with paraplegia are able to voluntarily move previously paralyzed
muscles as a result
of a novel therapy that involves
electrical stimulation of the spinal cord, according to a study funded in part by the National Institutes
of Health and the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.
Now, in this follow - up study, Claudia Angeli, Ph.D., assistant professor at the University
of Louisville's Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center and her research colleagues report that three additional patients with paralysis have recovered voluntary
muscle control following
electrical stimulation of the spine.
As for the
Electrical Muscle Stimulation device, I can't speak to that... I have never heard
of its effect specifically on women with DR.. It's something that you should talk with your doc about and look into the research.
Physiotherapy treatment for TMJ Disorders includes postural examination and correction, and may include a combination
of manual therapy to the chewing / biting
muscles and those in the neck and covering the head, mobilization
of the facial bones, jaw and neck, acupuncture as tolerated,
electrical stimulation, and therapeutic exercises.
Evidence was insufficient to determine the effectiveness
of transcutaneous
electrical nerve
stimulation (TENS),
electrical muscle stimulation, inferential therapy, short - wave diathermy, traction, superficial cold, motor control exercise (MCE), Pilates, tai chi, yoga, psychological therapies, multidisciplinary rehabilitation, ultrasound, and taping.
Neuromuscular
electrical stimulation can be used to prevent degeneration
of a
muscle or
muscle group.
Electrical Stimulation, also known as («e-stim»), is the application of electrical impulses to a muscle group stimulating their co
Electrical Stimulation, also known as («e-stim»), is the application
of electrical impulses to a muscle group stimulating their co
electrical impulses to a
muscle group stimulating their contraction.
To stimulate a denervated
muscle (e.g., in patients with spinal cord injuries), the
muscle fibers must be excited directly; this form
of therapy is called
electrical muscle stimulation.
Other tests include an electromyogram (EMG) to deliver
electrical stimulation to individual nerves or
muscle of an anesthetised animal.
Electrical stimulation has been shown to relieve pain, to minimize
muscle atrophy (degeneration) secondary to disuse caused by pain or immobilization, to treat laminitis (a condition
of the horse's hoof), to reduce tissue swelling, and to speed healing
of both open and closed wounds.
Neuromuscular
electrical stimulation is a form
of electrical stimulation that uses current to stimulate a motor nerve and cause the contraction
of a
muscle or
muscle group.
Neuromuscular
electrical stimulation is the application
of an
electrical current to elicit a
muscle contraction.
Early sessions with
electrical stimulation give a great deal
of feedback to the brain and exercise the
muscle while it doesn't get the signal from the brain on its own.
Combinations
of hydrotherapy,
muscle building exercises, cryotherapy,
electrical stimulation, coordination exercises and thermotherapy techniques may be used for dogs with orthopedic conditions.
In some diseases, such as dilated cardiomyopathy in Doberman Pinschers or ARVC in boxers, cardiac
muscle cells are replaced by fibrous (scar) tissue, fat, or fibro - fatty tissue, which creates an ideal environment to disrupt the normal
electrical stimulation of the heart and cause arrhythmias particularly ventricular tachycardia.
The response
of muscles to
electrical stimulation is sought with an EMG.