Functional electrical stimulation in tetraplegic patients to restore hand function

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 175-188

  Degnan, Gregory G ^a   Wind, Tyler C ^a   Jones, Elizabeth V ^a   Edlich, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation; Neuroprosthesis; Tendon transfer; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRODES; MYOELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED PROSTHETICS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

ARM MOVEMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HAND FUNCTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INNERVATION; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE STIMULATION; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REVIEW; SHOULDER; SOCIAL STATUS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY; TENDON TRANSFER; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CLINICAL TRIALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRANSDUCERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036926970     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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