Bilateral vocal fold paralysis (BVCP) is a life‐threatening condition that follows injury to the
Recurrent Laryngeal nerve (RLn) and denervation of the intrinsic laryngeal musculature.
Functional electrical stimulation (FES) enables restoration and control of a wide variety of
motor functions impaired by lower motor neuron lesions. Here we evaluate the effects of FES
on the sole arytenoid abductor, the posterior cricoarytenoid (PCA) muscle in a large animal
model of RLn injury. Ten horses were instrumented with two quadripolar intramuscular …

Bilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis (BVCP) is a life threatening condition that follows injury 22 to
the Recurrent Laryngeal nerve (RLn) and denervation of the intrinsic laryngeal 23
musculature. Functional electrical stimulation (FES) enables restoration and control of a 24
wide variety of motor functions impaired by lower motor neuron lesions. Here we 25
evaluate the effects of FES on the sole arytenoid abductor, the posterior cricoarytenoid 26
muscle (PCA) in a large animal model of RLn injury. Ten horse were instrumented with 27 …