Functional control of the hand in tetraplegics based on residual synergistic EMG activity

Artificial Organs

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 470-473

  Thorsen, Rune ^a,b   Ferrarin, Maurizio ^a   Spadone, Raffaella ^a   Frigo, Carlo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation; Hand function; Myoelectric control; Wrist extension

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SIGNAL; FUNCTION TESTS; FUNCTIONAL CONTROL; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRI-CAL STIMULATIONS; HAND FUNCTION; MICROPROCESSOR CONTROLLED; MYOELECTRIC CONTROL; MYOELECTRIC SIGNALS; WRIST EXTENSION;

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MICROPROCESSOR; MYOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SIGNAL PROCESSOR; THUMB;

EID: 0033028504     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.1999.06362.x     Document Type: Article

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