[Novel method for activation of the locomotor circuitry in human].

Autor: Gorodnichev RM, Machueva EN, Pivovarova EA, Semenov DV, Ivanov SM, Savokhin AA, Edgerton R, Gerasimenko IuP
Jazyk: ruština
Zdroj: Fiziologiia cheloveka [Fiziol Cheloveka] 2010 Nov-Dec; Vol. 36 (6), pp. 95-103.
Abstrakt: We examine the possibility for activation of the involuntary locomotion of the lower limbs by spinal electromagnetic stimulation (ES). The subject laid on the left side. The legs are supported in a gravity-neutral position by special mounting that to provide horizontal rotation in the hip, knee and ankle. ES (3 Hz and 1.56 Tesla) at the T11,-T12 vertebrae induced involuntary locomotor-like movements in the legs. The latency from the initiation of ES to the first EMG burst compoused 0.68 +/- 1.0 s and it shortened at increasing of the frequency ES from 3 Hz to 20 Hz. Thus, the spinal ES can unduce the activation of the locomotor movements in human.
Databáze: MEDLINE