Functional neuromuscular stimulator for short-distance ambulation by certain thoracic-level spinal-cord-injured paraplegics

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 202-207

  Graupe, Daniel ^a,c   Kohn, Kate H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago ^*  (United States)

^c University of Illinois Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Admissibility; Ambulation; Blood flow; Cardiopulmonary tests; Decubiti; Electrical stimulation; FNS (FES); Neuromuscular stimulation; Paraplegia; Spasticity; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD PRESSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; WALKING;

EID: 0032169132     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(98)00074-3     Document Type: Article

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