Please contact Lemmuel de la Cruz, APA Consultant for more information at or (780) 492-8339. Your first step is an initial consultation/ screening, which can be completed through The Steadward Centre or at the FES community centre location of your choice. To participate in FES, you will require a referral from your doctor. We will gladly help you make an informed decision to meet your personal needs. Background: Physical therapists frequently use neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) therapy in an effort to increase the voluntary strength of partially paralyzed muscles in people with spinal cord injury (SCI), but it is not clear whether this treatment is effective. Currently, there are 4 sites across Edmonton that offer FES programs (including The Steadward Centre), with different support options available at each facility. In the Fall of 2011, the program was expanded to include community sites within Edmonton. Since 1991, when the Spinal Cord Injury Treatment Centre Society (SCITCS) donated the first FES Ergys bike in Western Canada, The Steadward Centre has been providing FES exercise programs for individuals living with paralysis through the use of two exercise modalities: cycling and most recently elliptical training. The Steadward Centre has a long history of involvement in FES Exercise. Regular participation in FES exercise may assist in the prevention of muscle atrophy, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and type 2 diabetes. Essentially, the FES Exercise Program provides people with paralyzed muscle (e.g., from a spinal cord injury or multiple sclerosis) with a way to take part in regular physical activity. The combination of functional electrical stimulation (FES) and treadmill training is a novel and effective intervention for poststroke gait rehabilitation. This leads to the muscles performing functional movements that enable participants to use specialized equipment such as an FES Bike. Functional electrical stimulation (FES) of the ankle-dorsiflexors is an alternative treatment as it could function as a dynamic functional orthosis. For this, an electrical field is applied to the tissue via electrodes (Fig. by placing electrodes on the surface of the skin, FES uses electrical currents to activate the paralyzed muscle. Electrical stimulation of electrically excitable tissue is applied with the aim of changing the membrane potential of a nerve by an electrical field in such a way that the threshold for eliciting an action potential is reached. The Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) Exercise Program is designed for individuals who have paralyzed muscle that they are not able to exercise on their own.
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