Evaluating the efficacy of functional electrical stimulation therapy assisted walking after chronic motor incomplete spinal cord injury: effects on bone biomarkers and bone strength.

Beverley Catharine CravenLora M GiangregorioSeyed Mohammad Alavinia Lindsie A Blencowe Naaz KapadiaSander L HitzigKei MasaniMilos R Popovic

Published in: The journal of spinal cord medicine (2017)

Four months of FES-T improved bone turnover (increase in OC and decrease in CTX) but not bone strength among individuals with chronic SCI. Future, long term FES-T may augment lower extremity bone strength.

Keyphrases

bone mineral density
spinal cord injury
soft tissue
bone loss
postmenopausal women
bone regeneration
body composition
spinal cord
stem cells
escherichia coli
neuropathic pain
bone marrow
multidrug resistant
klebsiella pneumoniae