Abstract
Today electrical nerve and muscle stimulation has a broad field of application which includes the following:
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• cardiac pacemakers
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• phrenic pacemakers against respiratory insufficiency
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• motor nerve stimulation for the paralyzed
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• electrical stimulation for urinary or anal incontinence
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• improvement of spasticity
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• visual prostheses for the blind
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• auditory prostheses for the deaf.
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Rattay, F. (1990). Functional Electrical Nerve Stimulation: A Way to Restore Lost Functions. In: Electrical Nerve Stimulation. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-3271-5_1
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