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  title info:
    title: Functional electrical stimulation (FES) in adults with neurological disorders and foot drop
    sub title: orthotic and therapeutic effects in short- and long-term users
  name:
    name part: Bleichner, Niklas
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      role term: creator
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      role term: VerfasserIn
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      role term: aut
  name:
    name part: Alimusaj, Merkur
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      role term: VerfasserIn
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  name:
    name part: Heitzmann, Daniel
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      role term: VerfasserIn
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  name:
    name part: Stähle, Andreas
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      role term: VerfasserIn
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  name:
    name part: Weichold, Claudia
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  name:
    name part: Putz, Cornelia
    name part: 1979-
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  name:
    name part: Flor, Herta
    name part: 1954-
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  name:
    name part: Nees, Frauke
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    name part: Wolf, Sebastian Immanuel
    name part: 1965-
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  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    date issued: 2026
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 13
  abstract: Functional electrical stimulation (FES) is widely used to improve gait in individuals with neurological impairments; however, early responses in adults with congenital conditions, such as cerebral palsy, who are newly exposed to FES, remain poorly understood. This study investigated the orthotic and therapeutic effects of FES in short- and long-term users using standardized three-dimensional gait analysis. In this longitudinal study, short-term users (G1; n = 13; mean age 31.7 ± 18.1 years) were evaluated both without and with FES and followed over a 4–12-week insurance-covered trial period. Long-term users (G2; n = 11; mean age 32.2 ± 11.0 years), who had used FES for at least one year, were reassessed over a standardized 12-week interval. Linear mixed-effects models assessed the effects of FES and time, with subjects included as random effects to account for inter-individual variability. G1 showed significant therapeutic adaptations, including increased walking speed and step length and reduced step width, accompanied by decreased dorsiflexion during stance and swing, while no significant orthotic effects were observed. G2 demonstrated clear orthotic responses, such as increased dorsiflexion at heel strike and during swing and improved walking speed and step length, with minimal evidence of additional therapeutic adaptation. The initial reduction in dorsiflexion in G1 warrants further investigation. These findings suggest that evaluation timelines may need to be extended and that outcome measures beyond foot clearance should be considered, particularly given the heterogeneity and severity of congenital neurological conditions.
  note: Niklas Bleichner, Merkur Alimusaj, Daniel W.W. Heitzmann, Andreas Stähle, Claudia Weichold, Cornelia Putz, Herta Flor, Frauke Nees and Sebastian I. Wolf
  note: Gesehen am 26.02.2026
  subject:
    topic: foot drop
  subject:
    topic: functional electrical stimulation
  subject:
    topic: gait
  subject:
    topic: kinematics
  subject:
    topic: neurological disorders
  subject:
    topic: rehabilitation
  subject:
    topic: spatio-temporal parameters
  classification: 33
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Bioengineering
    name:
      name part: Functional electrical stimulation (FES) in adults with neurological disorders and foot drop orthotic and therapeutic effects in short- and long-term users
    origin info:
      publisher: Basel : MDPI, 2014
    physical description:
      extent: Online-Ressource
    identifier: 2306-5354
    identifier: (DE-627)774814020
    identifier: (DE-600)2746191-9
    identifier: (DE-576)399193375
    part:
      text: 13(2026), 1, Artikel-ID 71, Seite 1-13
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      name part: Functional electrical stimulation (FES) in adults with neurological disorders and foot drop orthotic and therapeutic effects in short- and long-term users
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      text: volume:13
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      text: number:1
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      text: pages:1-13
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  identifier: https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering13010071
  identifier: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/13/1/71
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    record content source: DE-627
    record creation date: 260226
    record change date: 20260302160015.0
    record identifier: 1962992233
    language of cataloging:
      language term: ger