Bournemouth University research into Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) has contributed to how patients are treated, how professional healthcare equipment is used, and to the quality of life for ...
Our study indicates that electrical foot stimulation is at least as effective as IPC in increasing venous blood flow velocity in the popliteal and femoral veins during the study period.
Subjects were studied over two sessions. At each session, subjects received either electrical foot stimulation or IPC of the calf of one leg. The other lower extremity served as a control.
Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) is an assistive technology commonly used to help overcome ‘drop foot’ by stimulating the peroneal nerve though skin surface electrodes contracting the tibialis ...