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The presently employed posture for functional electrical stimulation (FES) assisted standing in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients utilises the active locking of knee joints by tetanically stimulating the quadriceps muscle. The hip joints are in hyperextension and the ankle joints remain free. The upper limbs are used for balancing. This posture requires minimal corrective forces exerted by the hands, the weight is transferred across the legs,
while very limited forward-backward sway is permitted.

Langue : ANGLAIS

Identifiant basis : 1986002057