Paving the way for a better management of pain in patients with spinal cord injury: An exploratory study on the use of Functional Electric Stimulation(FES)-cycling

CONCLUSION: Our preliminary results suggest that FES cycling training is capable of reducing the pain reported by patients with SCI, regardless of American Spinal Injury Association scoring, pain level, or the neurological level of injury. The neurophysiological mechanisms underlying such effects are likely to be both spinal and supraspinal.PMID:34369852 | DOI:10.1080/10790268.2021.1961050

Source: Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine - August 9, 2021 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Rocco Salvatore Calabr ò Simona Portaro Provvidenza Tomasello Bruno Porcari Tina Balletta Antonino Naro Source Type: research