The efficacy of neuromuscular electrical stimulation with alternating currents in the kilohertz frequency to stimulate gait rhythm in rats following spinal cord injury.
RatSpinal cord injuryContusionFischer (given as strain F334 in the full text)Femalen = n=5 per group, total N=20Percutaneous needle electrodes inserted near the motor points of the tibialis anterior and gastrocnemius of both hindlimbsPulse width 40 microseconds, current amplitude set at 1.5 t…Commenced on day 7 after injury
Model: Incomplete contusive spinal cord injury at T9 produced with an Infinite Horizon impactor (IH-400) at 150 kdyn after T9 laminectomy
BBB scores at day 14 did not differ between groups (14.8 plus or minus 0.7 in both NMES groups versus 14.4 plus or minus 1.0 in untreated injured rats). On three-dimensional gait analysis the 8 kHz group differed significantly from untreated injured rats in the interlimb coordination R value (0.87…
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