What is the TrainFES training programme for spinal cord injury?

Depending on the type of injury, the target is prioritised and given more emphasis. This is not to say that one is more important than the other, but the scope of this is to optimise the number of therapies each person has. The specialised TrainFES training programme for spinal cord injury focuses on the two objectives mentioned above, through comprehensive rehabilitation:

-Regaining a greater degree of independence through the stimulation of remaining muscles (those that have not been injured), together with functional exercises to achieve correct learning. -Improving cardiovascular endurance and thus increasing the contractile capacity of the heart by activating muscles with paralysis. -Making the activation of muscles with some degree of paralysis, associated with functions. This allows for better stimulation and re-establishment of neural connections. -Rehabilitating the pelvic floor with the aim of optimising and recovering genitourinary and sexual functions, controlling spasticity and increasing tone, as well as activation and sensitivity. As this article from the University of Valparaiso explains, the associated problems are urinary incontinence, faecal incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, sexual dysfunctions, among others.