Therapeutic Utility of Neuro Muscular Electrical Stimulation on Stroke

This book intend to provide therapeutic utility of NMES, Shoulder sling, strapping for upper extremity stroke survivors.The objective of the study to compare the effectiveness of Electrical Stimulation with Strapping versus Shoulder Sling in the management of Hemiplegic shoulder subluxation and pain.The result of the study concluded that there was reduction in shoulder subluxation and pain in acute hemiplegic after the treatment with electrical stimulation and strapping than with shoulder sling alone, and Visual Analogue Scale and Fugal-Meyer assessment scale could be used as the assessment tools for pain and upper limb function.

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Dr. T Karthikeyan completed D.SC (2018) and PhD (2012) from Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Coimbatore. Presently working as an Associate professor in Physiotherapy at UG,PG & PhD supervision, Department of Physiotherapy, Gurugram University, Gurugram, Haryana, India. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed scientific papers.