Further development of hybrid functional electrical stimulation orthoses

Spinal Cord

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 611-614

  Yang, L ^a,d   Granat, M H ^a   Paul, J P ^a   Condie, D N ^b   Rowley, D I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b Dundee Limb Fitting Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation; Orthotic hip joint; Paraplegia; Reciprocating gait orthosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENERGY COST; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; ORTHOSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0029963774     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1996.109     Document Type: Article

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