Personal computer supported eight channel surface stimulator for paraplegic walking: First results

Artificial Organs

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 424-427

  Bijak, Manfred ^a,c   Hofer, Christian ^a   Lanmüller, Hermann ^a   Mayr, Winfried ^a   Sauermann, Stefan ^a   Unger, Ewald ^a   Kern, Helmut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation; Lower extremities; Paraplegic; Stepping; Stimulation pattern; Surface stimulation; Walking

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); DATA ACQUISITION; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

CHANNEL SURFACE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRI-CAL STIMULATIONS; LOWER EXTREMITY; PARAPLEGIC; PARAPLEGIC WALKING; STEPPING; STIMULATION PARAMETERS; STIMULATION PATTERN; SURFACE STIMULATION; WALKING;

RESTORATION;

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CARDIOMYOPLASTY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FLEXOR REFLEX; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; LEG; MICROCOMPUTER; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

EID: 0033034927     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.1999.06370.x     Document Type: Article

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