Further development of hybrid functional electrical stimulation orthoses

Artificial Organs

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 183-187

  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; orthosis

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

COUPLING RATIOS; ENERGY COST; FLEXION-EXTENSION; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRI-CAL STIMULATIONS; HIP FLEXION; HYBRID FUNCTIONAL; JOINT MOTION; MOTION CONSTRAINTS; ORTHOSES; REDUCED ENERGY;

ORTHOTICS;

ANKLE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030907783     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1997.tb04648.x     Document Type: Article

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