Functional electrical stimulation improves brain perfusion in cranial trauma patients

OBJECTIVE: Demonstrate brain perfusion changes due to neuronal activation after functional electrical stimulation (FES). METHOD: It was studied 14 patients with hemiplegia who were submitted to a program with FES during fourteen weeks. Brain perfusion SPECT was performed before and after FES therapy. These patients were further separated into 2 groups according to the hemiplegia cause: cranial trauma and major vascular insults. All SPECT images were analyzed using SPM. RESULTS: There was a significant statistical difference between the two groups related to patient's ages and extent of hypoperfusion in the SPECT. Patients with cranial trauma had a reduction in the hypoperfused area and patients with major vascular insult had an increase in the hypoperfused area after FES therapy. CONCLUSION: FES therapy can result in brain perfusion improvement in patients with brain lesions due to cranial trauma but probably not in patients with major vascular insults with large infarct area.

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Main Authors:	Amorim,Bárbara Juarez, Santos,Allan de Oliveira, Oberg,Telma Dagmar, Romanato,Juliana, Anjos,Dalton A., Lima,Mariana da Cunha Lopes de, Ramos,Celso Darío, Honorato,Donizete Cesar, Camargo,Edwaldo Eduardo, Etchebehere,Elba Cristina de Sá Camargo
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO 2011
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2011000500020
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