The optimal practice of medicine includes integrating individual clinical expertise with the
best available clinical evidence from systematic research. This article reviews nine treatment …

Aim To assess the effect of functional electrical stimulation (FES) of ankle dorsiflexors in
children and adolescents with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) during walking. Method A …

Ross SA, Engsberg JR. Relationships between spasticity, strength, gait, and the GMFM-66
in persons with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy. OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationships …

Purpose: To assess the effects of functional electrical stimulation (FES) of the ankle
dorsiflexors and quadriceps in children with cerebral palsy. Methods: Fourteen children …

The aim of this review paper is to consider the application of neuromuscular electrical
stimulation (NMES) to improve gait or upper limb function in children with cerebral palsy …

Background: Neuromuscular deficits of children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) limits
mobility, due to muscle weakness, short muscle-tendon unit, spasticity, and impaired …

Objective: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis using the International
Classification of Functioning to determine the summary effect of electrical stimulation on …

Background The purpose of this study was to determine the orthotic and therapeutic effects
of daily community applied FES to the ankle dorsiflexors in a randomized controlled trial. We …

Abstract Background Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) has been utilized for
many years in cerebral palsy (CP) with limited success despite its inherent potential for …

Functional electrical stimulation (FES) refers to electrical stimulation of muscles in order to
improve the impaired motor function. This is achieved by activating skeletal muscles with …