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functional electrical stimulation
(redirected from Electric stimulation)

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functional electrical stimulation [′fəŋk·shən·əl i¦lek·trə·kəl ‚stim·yə′lā·shən]
(medicine)
Therapeutic application of controlled amounts of electric current to muscles to make them contract in a nearly normal manner.
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