System and method for muscle reconditioning and neural rehabilitation
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1. A method for treating a patient requiring conditioning one or more muscle groups using at least one electrode implanted within a ventral epidural space of the patient, the method comprising:
- conveying electrical stimulation energy from the at least one implanted electrode to motor efferents respectively innervating the one or more muscle groups, thereby activating the one or more muscle groups.
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Abstract
A method for treating a patient requiring conditioning of one or more muscle groups comprises applying electrical stimulation to a ventral epidural space of the patient, thereby activating the muscles. The method includes conveying the stimulation energy to one or more motor efferents associated with the muscles through respective one or more electrodes implanted within the ventral epidural space, and thus activating the muscles.
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1. A method for treating a patient requiring conditioning one or more muscle groups using at least one electrode implanted within a ventral epidural space of the patient, the method comprising:
conveying electrical stimulation energy from the at least one implanted electrode to motor efferents respectively innervating the one or more muscle groups, thereby activating the one or more muscle groups. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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