Habitual Functional Electrical Stimulation Therapy Improves Gait Kinematics and Walking Performance but Not Patient-Reported Functional Outcomes of People with Multiple Sclerosis who Present with Foot-Drop

摘要

BackgroundPeople with Multiple Sclerosis (pwMS) often experience a disturbed gait function such as foot-drop. The objective of this pilot study was to investigate the medium term effects of using Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) to treat foot-drop over a period 12 weeks on gait and patient reported outcomes of pwMS.