An electrical knee lock system for functional electrical stimulation

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 870-873

  Kagaya, Hitoshi ^a   Shimada, Yoichi ^a   Sato, Kozo ^a   Sato, Mineyoshi ^a   Iizuka, Kiyomi ^b   Obinata, Goro ^b  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PARAPLEGIA; SITTING; STANDING; WALKING;

EID: 0029835512     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(96)90272-5     Document Type: Article

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