Grasping in high lesioned tetraplegic subjects using the EMG controlled neuroprosthesis

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 251-255

  Keller, Thierry ^a   Curt, Armin ^a   Popovic, Milos R ^b   Signer, Annelies ^a   Dietz, Volker ^a  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

EMG control; Functional electrical stimulation (FES); Grasping; Rehabilitation; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARM MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PROSTHESIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031898820     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-8135(97)00057-7     Document Type: Short Survey

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