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Comparing Nmes Stimulation Intensity At Various Lengths Of The Tibialis Anterior, Brent Brookbush, Maya Hakami, Jennifer Wolff, Amy Zelin
Comparing Nmes Stimulation Intensity At Various Lengths Of The Tibialis Anterior, Brent Brookbush, Maya Hakami, Jennifer Wolff, Amy Zelin
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The purpose of this study was to determine if placement of electrodes at various distances along the Tibialis Anterior muscle belly had a significant effect on the intensity of stimulation needed to evoke a contraction using neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES). Twenty subjects between the ages of 21-65 in good health and presented with no precautions to NMES were recruited from the CUNY Hunter College physical therapy department. Two reference lines were drawn on subjects’ legs, one outlining the tibial crest (L1), and another from the most lateral portion of the tibial plateau to the center of the lateral malleolus (L2). …