{"id":370,"date":"2021-01-10T23:42:37","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T18:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curesteps.org\/SCI\/?p=370"},"modified":"2021-01-10T23:42:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T18:42:40","slug":"study-suggests-lower-extremity-functional-electrical-stimulation-cycling-can-promote-neurological-recovery-in-chronic-spinal-cord-injury-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/curesteps.org\/SCI\/study-suggests-lower-extremity-functional-electrical-stimulation-cycling-can-promote-neurological-recovery-in-chronic-spinal-cord-injury-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Study suggests lower extremity functional electrical stimulation cycling can promote neurological recovery in chronic spinal cord injury patients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/neuronewsinternational.com\/study-suggests-lower-extremity-functional-electrical-stimulation-cycling-can-promote-neurological-recovery-in-chronic-spinal-cord-injury-patients\/?hilite=%27Spinal%27%2C%27cord%27%2C%27injury%27\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A study from the International Center for\u00a0Spinal\u00a0Cord\u00a0Injury, published ahead-of-print, has found that long-term lower extremity functional electrical stimulation cycling, as part of a rehabilitation regimen, is associated with substantial improvements in individuals with chronic\u00a0spinal\u00a0cord\u00a0injury. Improvements include neurological and functional gains, as well as enhanced physical health demonstrated by decreased fat, increased muscle mass and improved lipid profile. Prior to this study\u2019s publication on 4 March 2013 in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/maneypublishing.com\/index.php\/journals\/scm\/\"><em>Journal of\u00a0Spinal\u00a0Cord\u00a0Medicine<\/em><\/a>, the benefits of activity-based restorative therapy programmes, such as functional electrical stimulation cycling, were largely anecdotal.<\/strong> (excerpt)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LINK A study from the International Center for\u00a0Spinal\u00a0Cord\u00a0Injury, published ahead-of-print, has found that long-term lower extremity functional electrical stimulation cycling, as part of a rehabilitation regimen, is associated with substantial improvements in individuals with chronic\u00a0spinal\u00a0cord\u00a0injury. Improvements include neurological and functional gains, as well as enhanced physical health demonstrated by decreased fat, increased muscle mass and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-e-stim","tag-estim"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/curesteps.org\/SCI\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/curesteps.org\/SCI\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/curesteps.org\/SCI\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/curesteps.org\/SCI\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/curesteps.org\/SCI\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/curesteps.org\/SCI\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":371,"href":"http:\/\/curesteps.org\/SCI\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions\/371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/curesteps.org\/SCI\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/curesteps.org\/SCI\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/curesteps.org\/SCI\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}