What is Functional Electronic Stimulation?
Functional electrical stimulation is a technique that uses electrical currents to activate nerves innervating extremities affected by paralysis resulting from spinal cord injury (SCI), head injury, stroke or other neurological disorders, restoring function in people with disabilities.
Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness
| Perceived Effectiveness | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purpose | # of patients | # of patients with evaluations | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell |
| Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 1 | 0 | |||||
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Adherence
Taking treatment as prescribed
Adherence of Functional Electronic Stimulation
Always |
0 | 0% |
|
|---|---|---|---|
Usually |
0 | 0% |
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Sometimes |
1 | 100% |
|
Never |
0 | 0% |
|
Burden
Difficulty being on treatment
Burden of Functional Electronic Stimulation
Very |
0 | 0% |
|
|---|---|---|---|
Somewhat |
0 | 0% |
|
A little |
1 | 100% |
|
Not at all |
0 | 0% |
|
Cost
Paid out of pocket
Cost of Functional Electronic Stimulation
$200+ |
1 | 100% |
|
|---|---|---|---|
$100-199 |
0 | 0% |
|
$50-99 |
0 | 0% |
|
$25-49 |
0 | 0% |
|
< $25 |
0 | 0% |
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