Clinical Trial Protocol for Analyzing the Effect of the Intensity of FES-Based Therapy on Post-stroke Foot Drop

Eukene Imatz-Ojanguren, Haritz Zabaleta, David Valencia-Blanco, Jovana Malešević, Milos Kostić, Thierry Keller

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Abstract

Positive assistive and therapeutic effects of FES have been proved for post-stroke subjects suffering from foot drop. However, the published studies are very heterogeneous in terms of methodology, therapy duration, session duration and session frequency, where most studies rely on intensive FES-based therapy. In this document a clinical protocol is proposed for analyzing the effect of medium and low intensity of FES-based therapy. The protocol is designed to be used with a surface multi-field FES system and it is based on available studies on literature and preliminary results with chronic post-stroke subjects. The proposed clinical trials could help determining the minimum necessary FES-based therapy intensity for obtaining positive therapeutic results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBiosystems and Biorobotics
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
Pages655-659
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Publication series

NameBiosystems and Biorobotics
Volume15
ISSN (Print)2195-3562
ISSN (Electronic)2195-3570

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