Control of Functional Neuromuscular Stimulation Systems for Standing and Locomotion in Paraplegics

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 1988, Pages 1155-1165

  Chizeck, Howard Jay ^a   Kobetic, Rudi ^b   Marsolais, E B ^a   Abbas, James J ^a   Donner, Irah H ^c   Simon, Ely ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center Cleveland   (United States)

^c TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS--BIPED LOCOMOTION;

FUNCTIONAL NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATION; HYBRID ORTHOTICS; PARAPLEGICS STANDING AND LOCOMOTION;

ORTHOTICS;

ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; PARAPLEGIA; PROSTHESIS; STANDING;

EID: 0024076805     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.9661     Document Type: Article

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