Muscle Size and Strength Benefits of Functional Electrical Stimulation-Evoked Cycling

Dosage in Spinal Cord Injury: A Narrative Review

A spinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that causes temporary or permanent

changes in its function. SCI may lead loss of muscle function, sensation, or autonomic function
in the parts of the body served by the spinal cord below the level of the injury. This article is to
synthesize the scientific literature regarding the effects of multiple dosages of FES-evoked lower
limb cycling on muscle properties. It show that activity electrical stimulation and strengthening
exercise might improve our lower limb muscle strength and size to athletes that have spinal cord
injuries. Functional electrical stimulation (FES) evoked cycling one of the method that found to
improve strength and contraction our muscle for leg also promote integrity of the involved
muscles. From previous articles that related to spinal cord injury, we found that only 10 articles
fulfilled the inclusion criteria. There is insufficient quantity and quality evidence to draw
conclusions regarding the specific parameter of FES-CE that may optimally increase muscle
strength, mass, and circumference. However from this article we can conclude that to improve
muscle size and strength from activity functional electrical stimulation-evoked cycling in spinal
cord injury athletes need 45-60 minutes exercise, 3 times a week for at least 4 weeks.