[Comparison of two electrical stimulation protocols on quadriceps muscle after anterior cruciate ligament surgery. Feasability study].

Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility of a study comparing the effects of two protocols of electrical stimulation of the quadriceps femoris after anterior cruciate ligament surgery.

Material: Seven sportsmen with a mean age of 26 yrs were randomly grouped in two: a 20 Hz stimulated group (4 patients) and a 80 Hz stimulated group (3 patients). After surgery all patients received electrical stimulation of the quadriceps femoris, five days a week, for 12 weeks, and had a standard program of voluntary contractions.

[3D preliminary analysis gait in stroke patients: knee flexion in compensatory strategies].

Objective: The aim of this preliminary study was to assess strategies of walking a stride in stroke patients with spastic right hemiplegia.

Material And Methods: Gait was recorded in 3D in seven patients without other locomotion disorders. Kinematics data were studied only on the sagittal plane.

Restoration of gait by functional electrical stimulation for spinal cord injured patients.

In this clinical study, we report the results of functional electrical stimulation for the ambulation of paraplegic patients without long leg braces (LLB), according to the Parastep approach. Of 13 SCI patients with complete neurological lesions included in this trial, 12 progressed to independent ambulation with the aid of the Parastep. The average walking distance was 76 m, with a maximum of 350 m, and the mean speed 0.

Clinical approach to erectile dysfunction in spinal cord injured men. A review of clinical and experimental data.

Despite the many developments in the area of sexual dysfunction, rehabilitation settings seldom investigate the remaining sexual function following spinal cord injury, or offer differential diagnoses of sexual dysfunction in spinal cord injured men. This article attempts to show how sexual rehabilitation should begin with a thorough assessment of the sexual function of paraplegic and tetraplegic men. Assessment includes a basic neurological examination of the perineal area and an extended clinical interview on sexual function and visceral function.

Cardiac output during exercise in paraplegic subjects.

The purpose of this study was to measure the cardiac output using the CO2 rebreathing method during submaximal and maximal arm cranking exercise in six male paraplegic subjects with a high level of spinal cord injury (HP). They were compared with eight able bodied subjects (AB) who were not trained in arm exercise. Maximal O2 consumption (VO2max) was lower in HP (1.

A multi-centre, double-blind trial of tizanidine, a new antispastic agent, in spasticity associated with hemiplegia.

A double-blind study was carried out in 105 patients with chronic spasticity associated with hemiplegia in order to compare the efficacy and tolerability of tizanidine with that of diazepam. Dosage was increased progressively, if tolerated, to a maximum of 24 mg tizanidine or 30 mg diazepam per day at the end of 2 weeks. The optimum dosage was then maintained for 6 weeks.

Multi-centre, double-blind trial of a novel antispastic agent, tizanidine, in spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis.

A multi-centre, double-blind study was carried out in 100 patients suffering from chronic spasticity due to multiple sclerosis to compare the effectiveness of tizanidine hydrochloride with that of baclofen. Patients were allocated at random to receive treatment initially with daily doses of either 6 mg tizanidine or 15 mg baclofen and the dose was increased during the first 2 weeks up to a maximum of 24 mg tizanidine or 60 mg baclofen per day. Patients were then treated with the optimum dose for 6 weeks.

Aerobic performance capacity in paraplegic subjects.

To determine adaptation to prolonged exercise in paraplegics, maximal O2 uptake (VO2max) and lactate threshold (LT) were evaluated during an arm cranking exercise in nine patients (P) and nine able-bodied (AB) subjects. Mean VO2max averaged 25.1 and 31.

[Value of studying spinal evoked potentials in patients with thoracolumbar spinal cord lesions].

31 control subjects and 14 patients with dorso-lumbar spinal cord lesions were studied using the spEP (spinal evoked response). The presented responses were recorded by subcutaneous needle electrodes following stimulation of the peroneal nerve. Results from control subjects are presented first (triphasic negative potential, latency increasing with level of recording).

[Treatment of spastic foot by selective neurotomy of the tibial nerve. Results of a series of 31 cases].

A large number of patients suffering from various neurological diseases remain disabled because of spastic disorders in their foot. These disorders--which are responsible for abnormal postures and painful disturbances for walking and standing--can be corrected by an effective procedure: the so-called Selective Neurotomy of the Tibial Nerve (T.N.

The female paraplegic: a statistical survey.

From November 1969 to December 1979, 1234 patients with spinal cord lesions were treated at the Henry Gabrielle Hospital. Of these 386 were from medical causes and 848 from trauma. The computer study of these cases brings out statistical differences between the sexes as the overall incidence in females is 30 per cent and even lower if one considers traumatic cases only 22.

Life expectancy following spinal cord injury: a ten-years survey in the Rhône-Alpes Region, France, 1969-1980.

A ten years survey of 848 patients having sustained traumatic spinal cord injury between 1969 and 1979 was conducted in the Rhône-Alpes Region, France. All patients had been referred to the spinal cord injury unit, Hôpital Henry Gabrielle. 48 deaths were recorded: 36 patients admitted early to the Unit, and 12 patients injured before 1969 but followed-up in the Unit.

[Isolated tonic ambulatory flexion of the foot (author's transl)].

A tonic ambulatory foot response developed one year after clamping of an aneurysm of the contralateral carotid artery in a young adult. No motor deficiency was noted during the postoperative period, but spasm of the carotid bifurcation branches were present on arteriograms. Clinical examination and deep reflexes tests excluded pyramidal lesions.