title: Electrical Stimulation to Reduce the Overload in Upper Limbs During Sitting Pivot Transfer in Paraplegic: A Preliminary Study.
abstract: Transfer is a key ability and allows greater interact with the environment and social participation. Conversely, paraplegics have great risk of pain and injury in the upper limbs due to joint overloads during activities of daily living, like transfer. The main goal of this study is to verify if the use of functional electrical stimulation (FES) in the lower limbs of paraplegic individuals can assist the sitting pivot transfer (SPT). The secondary objective is to verify if there is a greater participation of the lower limbs during lift pivot phase. A preliminary study was done with one complete paraplegic individual. Temporal parameters were calculated and a kinetic assessment was done during the SPT. The preliminary results showed the feasibility of FES for assisting the SPT.
authors.affiliation: SARAH Network Rehabilitation Hospitals, Brasília, Brazil; NTAAI, Faculdade de Ceilândia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazi.
authors.forename: Ana Claudia G
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: LARA, Faculdade de Tecnologia, Universidade de Brasília , Brasília, Brazil.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ochoa-Diaz
authors.affiliation: LARA, Faculdade de Tecnologia, Universidade de Brasília , Brasília, Brazil.
authors.forename: Roberto S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Baptista
authors.affiliation: LARA, Faculdade de Tecnologia, Universidade de Brasília , Brasília, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lucas O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Fonseca
authors.affiliation: Centre de Réhabilitation CRF, COS DIVIO , Dijon, France.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fattal
authors.affiliation: INRIA, LIRMM, Montpellier , France.
authors.forename: Christine Azevedo
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Coste
authors.affiliation: LARA, Faculdade de Tecnologia, Universidade de Brasília , Brasília, Brazil.
authors.forename: Antônio P L
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Bó
authors.affiliation: NTAAI, Faculdade de Ceilândia, Universidade de Brasília , Brasília, Brazi.
authors.forename: Emerson
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fachin-Martins
keywords: biomechanics; functional electrical stimulation; kinetics; paraplegia; rehabilitation; spinal cord injuries