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Clinical research
1. Reducing muscle tone

Various studies 1,2,3 have shown that electrical stimulation from the NESS H200 significantly reduces muscle tone.

The results from study one, displayed in the graph below, confirm this. The x-axis shows the joint being measured. The y-axis shows muscle tone, measured on the Modified Ashworth Scale. The yellow bars indicate the situation before treatment, while the blue bars show the results after 5 weeks of exercise with the NESS H200. On average, muscle tone drops by approximately 1 point. Various studies have shown that muscle tone drops by an average of 40%.

1 G. Alon, K.S. Sunnerhagen, A.C.H. Geurts, A. Ohry.  A home based, self-administered stimulation program to improve selected hand functions of chronic stroke. NeuroRehabilitation 18, 2003: 215-225
2 H.P. Weingarden et al. Hybrid Functional Electrical Stimulation Orthosis System for the Upper Limb, Effects on Spasticity in Chronic Stable Hemiplegia. American Journal of Physical Medicin & Rehabilitation, Vol. 77, No. 4, July/August 1998: 276-281
3 H. Ring & N. Rosenthal. Controlled study of neuroprosthetic functional electrical stimulation in sub-acute post-stroke rehabilitation. J. Rehab Med 2005; 37: 32-36

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