DPT 712 FES IN NEUROREHABILITATION EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
What is FES?
•Functional Electrical Stimulation is a rehabilitation technique where electrical current is
applied to an individual with a disability to enhance that person's ability to function and
live independently.
What is the purpose of FES?
•FES is used to stimulate peripheral nerves, the "lower motor neurons" that connect the
spinal cord to your muscles.
What is the mechanism of FES?
•Stimulating these nerves evokes patterned movement of the legs or the arms. This is
how FES enables muscles to perform work even though the patient may have lost all or
some voluntary control of the muscles.
T/F: There is also an ability to stimulate "core muscles".
true
•These muscles are important for many activities including posture, transferring,
reaching, balance and coughing.
Contraindications to FES
•Where active motion is contraindicated
•Stimulation over superficial metal implants
, •Malignancies in the area to be treated
•Pregnancy (lumbosacral, pelvic, abdominal regions)
•Over phrenic nerve or urinary bladder stimulators
•Demand type cardiac pacemakers
•Active bleeding in the area being treated
•Very disoriented patient
•Areas of thrombophlebitis
Precautions of FES
•Extreme edema
•Osteoporosis
•Open wounds
•Heavy scarring or thick adipose tissue
•Heterotropic ossification (requires clearance from MD)
T/F: An xray of the hips are required to clear the patient for use of FES to rule out
heterotrophic ossification
true
What populations are potential candidates for FES?
•Spinal Cord Injury
•Multiple Sclerosis
•CVA
•CP
•TBI
AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
What is FES?
•Functional Electrical Stimulation is a rehabilitation technique where electrical current is
applied to an individual with a disability to enhance that person's ability to function and
live independently.
What is the purpose of FES?
•FES is used to stimulate peripheral nerves, the "lower motor neurons" that connect the
spinal cord to your muscles.
What is the mechanism of FES?
•Stimulating these nerves evokes patterned movement of the legs or the arms. This is
how FES enables muscles to perform work even though the patient may have lost all or
some voluntary control of the muscles.
T/F: There is also an ability to stimulate "core muscles".
true
•These muscles are important for many activities including posture, transferring,
reaching, balance and coughing.
Contraindications to FES
•Where active motion is contraindicated
•Stimulation over superficial metal implants
, •Malignancies in the area to be treated
•Pregnancy (lumbosacral, pelvic, abdominal regions)
•Over phrenic nerve or urinary bladder stimulators
•Demand type cardiac pacemakers
•Active bleeding in the area being treated
•Very disoriented patient
•Areas of thrombophlebitis
Precautions of FES
•Extreme edema
•Osteoporosis
•Open wounds
•Heavy scarring or thick adipose tissue
•Heterotropic ossification (requires clearance from MD)
T/F: An xray of the hips are required to clear the patient for use of FES to rule out
heterotrophic ossification
true
What populations are potential candidates for FES?
•Spinal Cord Injury
•Multiple Sclerosis
•CVA
•CP
•TBI
