Evaluation of a suture electrode for direct bladder stimulation in a lower motor neuron lesioned animal model

IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-166

  Walter, J S ^a   Wheeler, J S ^a   Cai, W ^a   King, W W ^a   Wurster, R D ^a  

^a HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystometry; Electrical stimulation; Functional electrical stimulation (FES); Neurogenic bladder; Neuroprosthetic; Spinal cord injury; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CATHETERS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROSTHETICS;

CYSTOMETRY; ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; FLUOROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; MOTOR NEURON LESION; NEUROPROSTHETIC; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUTURE ELECTRODE; URINARY BLADDER;

ELECTRODES;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CYSTOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FLUOROSCOPY; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MICTURITION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URETHRA; URINE CATHETER; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032979661     PISSN: 10636528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/86.769406     Document Type: Article

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