Conservative management of peripheral nerve injuries utilizing selective electrical stimulation of denervated muscle with exponentially progressive - - current forms.

One objective of the conservative management of peripheral nerve injuries is to delay and minimize denervation atrophy of the muscle parenchyma. A properly administered program of selective electrical stimulation of denervated muscle may appreciably delay denervation atrophy. Current forms having slowly increasing intensities (exponentially progressive currents) are capable of selective stimulation of denervated muscle while awarding the stimulation of both the innervated muscles and the intact sensory nerves. The present paper discusses the rationale for the utilization of selective electrical stimulation of denervated muscle following peripheral nerve injuries.J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 1985;7(1):11-15.