PhilGoetz comments on Dying Outside - Less Wrong

179 Post author: HalFinney 05 October 2009 02:45AM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 13 October 2009 01:04:52PM 3 points [-]

I read a bit about treatments for ALS. Didn't see any mention of direct electronic stimulation of muscles. I would think that would be useful in keeping the muscles alive.

Note that what you would want would be a real interferential stim machine, using high voltage, costing a few thousand dollars, not usually allowed to be sold to patients in the US (but there are ways of getting one). Not the cheap TENS units advertised on TV.