FES FINAL EXAM UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
RATED A+
✔✔increased O2 uptake, decreased adipose tissue, improvements in femoral artery
size, decreased blood glucose and insulin, muscle fiber changes (type IIa and I),
recovery of lost bone mass - ✔✔benefits of using cycle ergometry with FES for SCI
✔✔false - ✔✔true or false: cycle ergometry is used to improve motor function in SCI
patients
✔✔non-ambulatory SCI patient at risk for implications from lack of movement
(decreased muscle mass and bone density) - ✔✔what type of pt is indicated for FES
cycle?
✔✔true - ✔✔true or false: FES can be used in patients with LMN injuries
✔✔incomplete cervical SCI (C4-7) - ✔✔patient that usually benefits from grasp and
release FES
✔✔40 hr, 8 weeks - ✔✔improvements of grasp and release have been seen after
_____ hours of FES + task training over ____ weeks
✔✔might affect tenodesis grasp (overstretching tendons) - ✔✔what might be a
consideration for risk when using grasp and release FES for SCI?
✔✔forearm (front and back) - ✔✔for grasp and release, FES electrodes are typically
placed on the __________
✔✔finger flexors + extensors (some wrist flexion/extension) - ✔✔what muscles should
be activated during FES grasp and release?
✔✔200-350 usec - ✔✔pulse duration for FES grasp and release
✔✔12-50 Hz - ✔✔frequency for FES grasp and release
✔✔to achieve contraction at least 3-/5 - ✔✔amplitude for FES grasp and release and
foot drop
✔✔timed with hand switch or 10/50, 10/30 - ✔✔duty cycle for FES grasp and release
✔✔determined by muscle fatigue or duration of activity - ✔✔treatment time for FES
grasp and release and foot drop
✔✔0-1 sec (ideally 0) - ✔✔ramp up/down time for FES grasp and release and foot drop
RATED A+
✔✔increased O2 uptake, decreased adipose tissue, improvements in femoral artery
size, decreased blood glucose and insulin, muscle fiber changes (type IIa and I),
recovery of lost bone mass - ✔✔benefits of using cycle ergometry with FES for SCI
✔✔false - ✔✔true or false: cycle ergometry is used to improve motor function in SCI
patients
✔✔non-ambulatory SCI patient at risk for implications from lack of movement
(decreased muscle mass and bone density) - ✔✔what type of pt is indicated for FES
cycle?
✔✔true - ✔✔true or false: FES can be used in patients with LMN injuries
✔✔incomplete cervical SCI (C4-7) - ✔✔patient that usually benefits from grasp and
release FES
✔✔40 hr, 8 weeks - ✔✔improvements of grasp and release have been seen after
_____ hours of FES + task training over ____ weeks
✔✔might affect tenodesis grasp (overstretching tendons) - ✔✔what might be a
consideration for risk when using grasp and release FES for SCI?
✔✔forearm (front and back) - ✔✔for grasp and release, FES electrodes are typically
placed on the __________
✔✔finger flexors + extensors (some wrist flexion/extension) - ✔✔what muscles should
be activated during FES grasp and release?
✔✔200-350 usec - ✔✔pulse duration for FES grasp and release
✔✔12-50 Hz - ✔✔frequency for FES grasp and release
✔✔to achieve contraction at least 3-/5 - ✔✔amplitude for FES grasp and release and
foot drop
✔✔timed with hand switch or 10/50, 10/30 - ✔✔duty cycle for FES grasp and release
✔✔determined by muscle fatigue or duration of activity - ✔✔treatment time for FES
grasp and release and foot drop
✔✔0-1 sec (ideally 0) - ✔✔ramp up/down time for FES grasp and release and foot drop
