Apparatus and methods for studying artificial feedback-control of the plantarfiexors in paraplegics without interference from the brain

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 525-535

  Donaldson, N De N ^a   Munih, M ^b   Phillips, G F ^a   Perkins, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Automatic control; Dynamic testing; FES; Paraplegia; Unsupported standing

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK CONTROL; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MOTION CONTROL; MUSCLE;

PARAPLEGIA; PLANTARFLEXORS; WOBBLER APPARATUS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FLEXOR MUSCLE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; PARAPLEGIA; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMECHANICS; BRACES; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK; FOOT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARAPLEGIA; POSTURE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0031238438     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(97)00020-9     Document Type: Article

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