Electromyogram-controlled functional electrical stimulation for treatment of the paralyzed upper extremity

Artificial Organs

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 466-469

  Rakoš, Monika ^d   Freudenschuß, Barbara ^a   Girsch, Werner ^b   Hofer, Christian ^e   Kaus, Jürgen ^c   Meiners, Thomas ^c   Paternostro, Tatjana ^b   Mayr, Winfried ^e  

^a Rehabilitation Hospital Weisser Hof   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Werner Wicker Clinic   (Germany)

^d AKII 04L   (Austria)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Electromyogram triggered stimulation; Functional electrical stimulation; Myofeedback; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CONTROL STRATEGIES; DUAL CHANNEL; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; ELECTROMYO GRAMS; ELECTROMYOGRAM TRIGGERED STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRI-CAL STIMULATIONS; MYOFEEDBACK; SPINAL-CORD; TETRAPLEGIA; UPPER-EXTREMITY;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEARNING; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUADRIPLEGIA;

EID: 0033032127     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.1999.06363.x     Document Type: Article

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