Publikationen im Bereich Muskulatur:
Neuromuscular electrical stimulator designed for the elderly.
Krenn M, Haller M, Bijak M, Unger E, Hofer C, Kern H, Mayr W.
Artif Organs. 2011 Mar; 35(3):253-6.Sensitivity of body sway parameters during quiet standing to manipulation of support surface size
Sarabon N, Rosker J, Loefler S, Kern H
J Sport Sci Med 2010; 9:431-438
Home-based Functional Electrical Stimulation (h-bFES) rescues permanently denervated muscles in paraplegic patients with complete lower motor neuron lesion
Kern, Carraro, Adami, Biral, Hofer, Forstner, Mödlin, Vogelauer, Pond, Boncompagni, Paolini, Mayr, Protasi, Zampieri
Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2010 Oct; 24(8):709-21. Epub 2010 May 11.Effects of 8 weeks of vibration training at different frequencies (1 or 15 Hz) in senior sportsmen on force and force development and of 1 year of training on muscle fibers
Kern H, Kovarik J, Franz C, Vogelauer M, Löfler S, Sarabon N, Grim-Stieger M, Biral D, Adami N, Carraro U, Zampieri S, Hofer Ch
Neurol Res. 2010 Feb;32(1):26-31One Year of Home-based Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) in Complete Lower Motor Neuron Paraplegia: Recovery of Tetanic Contractility Drives the Structural Improvements of Denervated Muscle.
Kern H, Carraro U, Adami N, Biral D, Hofer C, Loefler S, Vogelauer M, Mayr W, Rupp R, Zampieri S.
Neurol Res. 2010 Feb;32(1):5-12Selection of body sway parameters according to their sensitivity and repeatability
N Sarabon, H Kern, S Loefler, R Jernej
Eur J of Trans Myol - BAM (1):5-12, 2010A Subpopulation of Rat Muscle Fibers Maintains an Assessable Excitation-Contraction Coupling Mechanism After Long-Standing Denervation Despite Lost Contractility
Squecco R, Carraro U, Kern H, Pond A, Adami N, Biral D, Vindigni V, Boncompagni S, Pietrangelo T, Bosco G, Fanò G, Marini M, Abruzzo P, Germinario E, Danieli-Betto D, Protasi F, Francini F, Zampieri S
J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2009 Dec;68(12):1256-68.Severely Atrophic Muscle Fibers with Nuclear Clumps Survive Many Years in Permanently Denervated Human Muscle
Helmut Kern, Ugo Carraro, Donatella Biral, Nicoletta Adami, Sandra Zampieri
The Open Pathology Journal, 2009, 3, 106-110 (online)Functional electrical stimulation of long-term denervated, degenerated human skeletal muscle: estimating activation using T2-parameter magnetic resonance imaging methods.
Mandl T, Meyerspeer M, Reichel M, Kern H, Hofer C, Mayr W, Moser E.
Artif Organs. 2008 Aug;32(8):604-8.Training program and additional electric muscle stimulation for patellofemoral pain syndrome: a pilot study.
Bily W, Trimmel L, Mödlin M, Kaider A, Kern H.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2008 Jul;89(7):1230-6.Effects of functional electrical stimulation in denervated thigh muscles of paraplegic patients mapped with T2 imaging.
Meyerspeer M, Mandl T, Reichel M, Mayr W, Hofer C, Kern H, Moser E.
Magn Reson Mater Phy. 2008 May;21(3):219-26. Epub 2008 Apr 19.Stable muscle atrophy in long-term paraplegics with complete upper motor neuron lesion from 3- to 20-year SCI
Kern H, Hofer C, Mödlin M, Mayr W, Vindigni V, Zampieri S, Boncompagni S, Protasi F and Carraro U
Spinal Cord. 2008 Apr;46(4):293-304. Epub 2007 Oct 23Atrophy-resistant fibers in permanent peripheral denervation of human skeletal muscle.
Biral D, Kern H, Adami N, Boncompagni S, Protasi F, Carraro U.
Neurol Res. 2008 Mar;30(2):137-44Walking performance, medical outcomes and patient training in FES of denervated muscles for ambulation by thoracic-level complete paraplegics.
Graupe D, Cerrel-Bazo H, Kern H, Carraro U.
Neurol Res 2008; 30(2): 123-130.
Atrophy-resistant fibers in permanent peripheral denervation of human skeletal muscle.
Biral D, Kern H, Adami N, Bomcompagni S, Protasi Feliciano, Carraro U.
Neurol Res 2008; 30(2): 137-144.
Stable muscle atrophy in long term paraplegics with complete upper motor neuron lesion from 3- to 20-year SCI.
Kern H, Hofer C, Modlin M, Mayr W, Vindigni V, Zampieri S, Boncompagni S, Protasi F, Carraro U.
Spinal Cord 2008; 46(4): 293-304.
Translational Myology Focus on Clinical Challenges of Functional Electrical Stimulation of Denervated Muscle.
H. Kern, U. Carraro (Eds)
Basic Appl Myol 2008: 18 (2&3): 38-100.
Structural differentiation of skeletal muscle fibers in absence of innervation in humans.
Boncompagni S, Kern H, Rossini K, Hofer C, Mayr W, Carraro U, Protasi F.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2007; 104(49): 19339-19344.
Recovery of long-term denervated human muscles induced by electrical stimulation.
Kern H, Salmons S, Mayr W, Rossini K, Carraro U.
Muscle & Nerve. 2006; 31: 98-101.
Muscle biopsies show that FES of denervated muscles reverses human muscle degeneration from permanent spinal motoneuron lesion.
Kern H, Rossini K, Carraro U, Mayr W, Vogelauer M, Hoellwarth U, Hofer C.
J Rehabil Res Dev. 2005; 42(3 Suppl 1): 43-53.
In vivo assessment of conduction velocity and refractory period of denervated muscle fibers.
Hofer C, Forstner C, Modlin M, Jager H, Mayr W, Kern H.
Artif Organs. 2005; 29: 436-439.
Electrical stimulation of denervated muscles: first results of a clinical study.
Modlin M, Forstner C, Hofer C, Mayr W, Richter W, Carraro U, Protasi F, Kern H.
Artif Organs. 2005; 29: 203-206.
Long-term denervation in humans causes degeneration of both contractile and excitation-contraction coupling apparatus which is reversible by functional electrical stimulation (FES): A role for myofiber regeneration?
Kern H, Boncompagni S, Rossini K, Mayr W, Fanò G, Zanin ME, Podhorska-Okolow M, Protasi F, Carraro U.
Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 2004; 63: 919-931.
Myogenesis contributes to functional electrical stimulation (fes)-induced recovery of myofiber excitability and mass of human long-term denervated muscles in spinal cord injury (SCI).
Kern H, Boncompagni S, Rossigni K, Mayr W, Protasi F, Carraro U.
J Peripher Nerv Syst. 2004, 9: 116.
Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) of Long-Term Denervated Muscles in Humans: Clinical Observations and Laboratory Findings.
Kern H, Hofer C., Mödlin M., Forstner C., Mayr W, Richter W.
Basic Appl Myol. 2002, 12: 291-299.
Denervated muscles in humans: limitations and problems of currently used functional electrical stimulation
training protocols.
Kern H, Hofer C, Modlin M, Forstner C, Raschka-Hogler D, Mayr W, Stohr H.
Artif Organs. 2002, 26: 216-218.
A stimulator for functional activation of denervated muscles.
Hofer C, Mayr W, Stohr H, Unger E, Kern H.
Artif Organs. 2002, 26: 276-279.
Publikationen im Bereich neurale Ansteuerung:
Modification of reflex responses to lumbar posterior root stimulation by motor tasks in healthy subjects.
Hofstoetter US, Minassian K, Hofer C, Mayr W, Rattay F, Dimitrijevic MR.
Artif Organs. 2008; 32(8): 644-8.
Posterior root-muscle reflexes elicited by transcutaneous stimulation of the human lumbosacral cord.
Minassian K, Persy I, Rattay F, Dimitrijevic MR, Hofer C, Kern H.
Muscle & Nerve. 2007; 35(3): 327-36.
Human lumbar cord circuitries can be activated by extrinsic tonic input to generate locomotor-like activity.
Minassian K, Persy I, Rattay F, Pinter MM, Kern H, Dimitrijevic MR.
Human Movement Science. 2007; 26(2): 275-295.
Motor control in the human spinal cord and the repair of cord function.
Kern H, McKay WB, Dimitrijevic MM, Dimitrijevic MR.
Curr Pharm Des. 2005; 11: 1429-1439.
Motor control in the human spinal cord.
Dimitrijevic MR, Persy I, Forstner C, Kern H, Dimitrijevic MM.
Artif Organs. 2005; 29: 216-219.
Effect of peripheral afferent and central afferent input to the human lumbar spinal cord isolated from brain control.
Minassian K, Persy I, Rattay F, Dimitrijevic MR.
Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering. 2005; 25: 11-29.
Stepping-like movements in humans with complete spinal cord injury induced by epidural stimulation of the lumbar cord: Electromyographic study of compound muscle action potentials.
Minassian K, Jilge B, Rattay F, Pinter MM, Binder H, Gerstenbrand F, Dimitrijevic MR.
Spinal Cord. 2004; 42: 401-416.
Initiating extension of the lower limbs in subjects with complete spinal cord injury by epidural lumbar cord stimulation.
Jilge B, Minassian K, Rattay F, Pinter MM, Gerstenbrand F, Binder H, Dimitrijevic MR.
Exp Brain Res. 2004; 154: 308-326.