Sentences with phrase «of electrical muscle stimulation»

Evidence was insufficient to determine the effectiveness of electrical muscle stimulation, interferential therapy, short - wave diathermy, traction, or superficial heat or cold.

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«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 coElectrical Stimulation, also known as («e-stim»), is the application of electrical impulses to a muscle group stimulating their coelectrical 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.