

Unfortunately, existing therapies for recovering arm and
hand function after stroke have limited success and often work only for
patients who retain some ability to move. Recent therapeutic developments have
utilized the phenomenon of neuroplasticity, the capability of the central
nervous system to relearn how to perform different tasks that might have been
severely impaired or impossible following a spinal cord injury or stroke. It is
believed that the active attempt to move combined with the actual movement of
the arm and/or hand produced by functional electrical stimulation and the
sensory feedback produced by the movement engages portions of the nervous
system relevant to the specific task, promoting neural changes that in turn
result in recovering voluntary movement.
Review randomized controlled trials of conventional therapy paired with use of non-invasive FES demonstrating improvement of arm and hand function and active range of motion in patients with hemiplegia due to stroke or upper limb paralysis due to C3-T1 spinal cord injury.
Wouldn't it be a good idea to create a course?