Use of functional electrical stimulation in the lower extremities of incomplete spinal cord injured patients

Artificial Organs

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 403-409

  Bajd, Tadej ^a   Kralj, Alojz ^d   Štefančič, Martin ^b   Lavrač, Nada ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^d Faculty of Electrical Engineering ^*

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation; Gait; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; WALKING AIDS;

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRI-CAL STIMULATIONS; GAIT; KNEE EXTENSOR; LOWER EXTREMITY; SINGLE CHANNELS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL-CORD; STIMULATED MUSCLE FORCE;

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GAIT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEG; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; PARAPLEGIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033060401     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.1999.06360.x     Document Type: Article

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