Upper Extremity Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) for Restoration of Upper Extremity Function After Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

FES therapy will be provided in one visit (one hour duration) delivered within a 2 week period, in person. FES therapy uses surface electrical stimulation to produce muscle contractions in different combinations to achieve a wide range of reaching and grasping functions. To achieve these movements the single use electrodes will be placed in various combinations on the surface of the different upper arm muscles. Participants will perform hand and finger dexterity tests as well as arm functional mobility tasks while receiving FES.

Therapy will be provided in one visit (one hour duration) delivered within a 2 week period, in person. Conventional therapy will consist of performance hand and finger dexterity tests as well as arm functional mobility tasks

FES upper arm therapy will be provided in one-hour in-person sessions for a maximum of 40 sessions delivered no less than 3 times per week and up to 5 times per week during a period of up to 12 weeks. Over the course of 40 sessions, participants will progress through various movement sequences aimed at regaining natural, unassisted voluntary movements in the affected arms while receiving FES.