Title :
Functional electrical stimulation in clinical applications: Fitness and cardiovascular health
Author :
Davis, G.M. ; Hamzaid, N.A. ; Hasnan, N.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Health Sci., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
FES leg cycling exercise is a physical activity that has potential to provide aerobic fitness and cardiovascular health benefits for individuals with SCI. However, there are few high-quality studies or systematic reviews for sufficient Level I or Level II evidence supporting the putative benefits of FES-evoked exercise after SCL to make sound determination of its clinical efficacy to reduce obesity diabetes and cardiovascular disease. This paper samples some of the recent evidence supporting FES lower-limb exercise, by itself, and makes recommendations about how "critical dose-potency" might be achieved to provide clinical and health benefits from FES-exercise.
Keywords :
cardiovascular system; diseases; injuries; neuromuscular stimulation; FES leg cycling exercise; FES lower-limb exercise; FES-evoked exercise; aerobic fitness; cardiovascular disease; cardiovascular health; clinical application; clinical efficacy; critical dose-potency; functional electrical stimulation; obesity diabetes; putative benefit; spinal cord injury;
Conference_Titel :
Functional Electrical Stimulation Society Annual Conference (IFESS), 2014 IEEE 19th International
Conference_Location :
Kuala Lumpur
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6482-6
DOI :
10.1109/IFESS.2014.7036728
