Motor Neuroprostheses

doi:10.1002/cphy.c180006

2018-12-13

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A. Procházka *

DOI：10.1002/cphy.c180006

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Neuroprostheses (NPs) are electrical stimulators that activate nerves, either to provide sensory input to the central nervous system (sensory NPs), or to activate muscles (motor NPs: MNPs). The first MNPs were belts with inbuilt batteries and electrodes developed in the 1850s to exercise the abdominal muscles. They became enormously popular among the general public, but as a result of exaggerated therapeutic claims they were soon discredited by the medical community. In the 1950s, MNPs reemerged for the serious purpose of activating paralyzed muscles. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES), when applied in a preset sequence, is called therapeutic electrical stimulation (TES). NMES timed so that it enhances muscle contraction in intended voluntary movements is called functional electrical stimulation (FES) or functional neuromuscular stimulation (FNS). It has been 50 years since the first FES device, a foot-drop stimulator, was described and 40 years since the first implantable version was tested in humans. A commercial foot-drop stimulator became available in the 1970s, but for various reasons, it failed to achieve widespread use. With advances in technology, such devices are now more convenient and reliable. Enhancing upper limb function is a more difficult task, but grasp-release stimulators have been shown to provide significant benefits. This chapter deals with the technical aspects of NMES, the therapeutic and functional benefits of TES and FES, delayed-onset and carryover effects attributable to neuromodulation and the barriers and opportunities in this rapidly developing field. (c) 2019 American Physiological Society.

Keyword:

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL-STIMULATION

SPINAL-CORD-INJURY

TIBIAL NERVE-STIMULATION

ANKLE-FOOT ORTHOSIS

TRIGGERED NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATION

OVERACTIVE BLADDER SYNDROME

URINARY-TRACT DYSFUNCTION

BRAIN-COMPUTER-INTERFACE

HUMAN LUMBOSACRAL CORD

UPPER-LIMB RECOVERY