Fig. 5From: These legs were made for propulsion: advancing the diagnosis and treatment of post-stroke propulsion deficitsLeft- The FastFES intervention targets deficits in paretic propulsion by combining fast treadmill walking (to increase the trailing limb angle) and FES to the paretic plantarflexor muscles (to increase the plantarflexor moment). Right- When compared to control training without FES at both fast and comfortable speeds, only FastFES training was shown to improve the paretic plantarflexor moment [31]. Interestingly, the two control groups also improved paretic propulsion, but did so by improving trailing limb angle. Consequently, only the FastFES training group reduced the energy cost of walking at both comfortable and fast walking speeds [119]Back to article page