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Dr. John McDaniel
School of Health Sciences
Kent State University
Presentation Title: Utilizing passive limb movement and FES cycling to maintain health and improve quality of life in those with spinal cord injuries.
Abstract: Within this presentation I would like to first present data from a series of investigations that
indicate passive limb movement results in a transient hyperemic response due to a combination of central and peripheral factors. This response is greatest in healthy individuals, but also present in those with spinal cord injuries. As a result we suggest that passive limb
movement could be used as an alternative therapy to help maintain vascular health and tissue perfusion in the lower limbs of those with spinal cord injuries thereby minimizing the risk of deep vein thrombosis and pressure ulcers in that population. In addition, I would also like to present the results from a more recent project in which individuals with complete spinal cord injuries participated for 4-5 month training program utilizing FES cycling. Although there are many technical and physiologic issues that need to be addressed for such training, the improvements in power and fatigue resistance we observed provide the motivation to make this training more widely accessible to others with complete spinal cord injuries.
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